It is carnival time
I wonder what brings people together ?
Is it the music and the crowd ?
Is the joy and the pleasure of being together ?
Or the thrill of encroaching busy streets and highways,
at midnight, and holding up the traffic ?

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Everyone seemed to enjoy the merry-making;
Love was overflowing; And hips were shaking
to the tunes of Samba, and in a corner,
one could witness even Capoeira, by well
built men and little children.

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There were carts selling grilled meat
oblivious of the rain, while others
were selling cerveja ‘Stupidamente gelada’.

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Ah carnival, something to aspire for in Brazil,
how much it shows that together, we can…
bereft of our hatred, miseries and uncertainties…