Magical Cuba, Havana,Cuba

 

           Magical,Magical,

Magical Cuba

                                 Havana,Cuba

 

Trumpets, guitars. Smiles, blue skies, lime-green, azure-

blue ocean of gentle waves, white sand at Santa María.

Magical.

 

Cocos,Taxis,How much?

Where ‘you going, chica?

Havana Vieja.

One dollar, across town! One dollar for you,chica.

Magical.

 

International Film Festival

where RAMOS DE FUEGO

bursted out of the screen  enveloping our senses.

International Jazz Festival

that united under the stars notes from the United States,

RITMO CALIENTE, with sounds from Canada, Japan, Cuba.

Magical.

 

Figueroa’s apartment transformed into a

PHOTOGRAPHER’S ART GALLERY

where Che Guevara in black and white

by  Korda is alive and well on 17th Street

between K an L in Havana, Cuba,

Magical.

 

The oral tradition lives on

at EL HURÓN AZUL where a man mesmerizes us

reciting a story full of body language, facial expression,

intonations rich in emotions. He tells us: Once upon a

time there was a GREEN man who was looking for a GREEN house.

When he found it he knocked on the GREEN door that was

opened by a GREEN woman... And on and on. Then a nine

year old girl tells us a story. Then a woman. Then another man.

Magical.

 

Juicy, tasty papayas, plantains are found at the corner stand on

18th Street  corner with K where we sat on the low wall of the house

across theway and ate tearing the fruit with our fingers.

Magical.

 

Your people’s well done brown, black skin glistens in the sun,

the same under the moonlight.

Magical.

And the trumpets blare, the guitar moans and the singer cries

at  EL GATO TUERTO  across the Park under the full moon where

we danced till 4 in the morning. I close my eyes and see your mulato

smile while the breeze caresses my naked, tanned legs and playfully

works its way to my thighs while trumpets blare, guitars moan and the

singer cries all the way to  HOTEL EL PRESIDENTE  at the corner of

AVENIDA LOS PRESIDENTES and G across from  EL MALECÓN

six blocks from the  ARTS and CRAFTS MARKET  in Havana in

Magical, Magical, Magical Cuba. Havana, Cuba

 

 

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