Rum
Marching down Chepstow like an army of stragglers The dazed troops of Soca show signs of battle fatigue Rum is a friend and foe while weed is a smokescreen While music booms like the big guns of a battery And the helmet-wearer is still alive… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Three girls on a special mission, very serious about fun In next to no time, they will wring a smile and confession From any innocent soul that falls at their hands No waterboarding required, rum does it much better Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
Like a traffic jam, where girls follow bumper to bumper Or is it the music from Jam-rock that takes you to this cloud And the perfumes of the weed, the salt and sugar of the rum The diva’s assault, wave after wave leave you for dead or no better Like they say in Waste-minister, “in […]