The Huge Hug Notting Hill Carnival 2019
Like a phoenix in the flaming sunset spreading her wings
On her left arm you may read a tattoo that says “Still I Rise”
And as my shadow plunged into her spread-eagle arms
She disappeared like the ashes of a dream scattered by the wind
This photograph is the sole record of the searing encounter
Photo Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2019 Carnival Gallery
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