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Sitting on his roadside throne among his entourage The King of Hubcaps sells his shiny plastic wares It is for the blind to behold, all that shines is not gold The king and his army wait for the subject’s penny Photo Hugh Ardoin The Niamey Streets Gallery Hits: 9
Beyond the street there is the street Performers and onlookers start to twerk and shout Farewell to the twist and shout, let’s start something new The Soca and the Reggae music from the sunny islands A wave that came across the Atlantic, a Columbus in reverse At long last… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Galleries Hits: […]
Brompton night, the windows slowly come alive A dream shaping itself in the secret vaults Behind the glass a kind of wonderland looking for Alice Strange chiffon ladies wearing ball gowns from the past Leaning against the invisible barrier the kids bide their time Wriggling their way up to the chrysalis of a debutante dream […]
A young black beauty strutting on Portobello, touting her best profile A delicately sculpted living cameo with braids like scorpion’s tails We are all mere mortals, but some are more than others Some are just closer to succumb to the succubi here below Dark bodies dancing with the flames in a hottest last masquerade Hear […]
Suckling at the spirits of Carnival A young black beauty chews on her last straw Corralled in the fun stream by a blue nylon rope Branded at the wrist with pink and blue bands Fun is somehow more than fun, it is a business Photo Hugh Ardoin The Galleries Hits: 8
Fendi goes live with an red Apollo allegory and a lesson on anatomy On the streets of “Poshland” this comes like a stark surprise The window dressing gets a head start in the waist-below undressing A marketing attempt at temptation? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Window Dressing Gallery Hits: 14
Through Heaven and Hell we follow our dreams Looking for a demon, an angel or a bird of paradise They say birds of same feather flock together But why are the gates of Hell so close to garden of Eden And the divine creatures we see flying in the sky Come swooping over us in […]
The midday sun has emptied the streets from their usual dwellers Two young boys defy the heat to play a table football game Youth is lured by big hopes to become a football star or a pop star The rags to riches dream is peddled by the happy few as a pacifier And the false […]
The young beauties come to the human tide to slake their thirst But the river is not enough we need the canned and the sparks This is the bright side of the yellow brick road, gold dust is everywhere We sing and pray for better days, skip the tithe, promise a penny for her thoughts […]
Like moths racing against the coming night A helmeted couple ride their moped into the sunset The clouds turn indigo and pink before the blackout The planet is red and ocher with some occasional green spots The colors of the couple’s outfits perfectly match the scene Photo Hugh Ardoin Niamey Dusk and Dust Gallery Hits: […]