Let Us Sin

Music swells

bodies move on the street

colorful floats

women dressed in diamante

hips moving

swaying

siren’s call to sin.

Strangers becoming friends

lovers

dancing

grinding

time for all to have fun.

Carnival

a week of desires

fun

wilding

before the beginning of lent.

Pious

in faith

in dress

kneeling before the priest

confessing

smiling in secret

knowing that the dance will begin again.

Sept. 22/18

Photo by Ingeborg Gärtner-Grein on Unsplash