Alcohols
Daubed and dazed the young ones rest on some steps High and colorful spirits ready to jump back into the fray Every porch is a perch where participants come to roost Over a million people milling in the streets Music and dance, as the alcohols flow Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Like wandering Ulysses sailing across endless oceans Lost at sea listening to the mermaids’ distant call Lured into Charybdis’ hungry crutches, or was it Scylla Alcohols and smokes have turned the streets into maelstroms Fuelling our irresistible inclination for fatal attractions Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
The combined effect of so many external factors The music, the semi-naked dancing girls and the alcohols Push the men beyond the limits of their comfort zone A dazed state where they start acting like zombies… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Galleries