circus party

           the party last night was outside under the stars, circling around the fire, candles in the grass, music and dancing everywhere

                                 kids breathing fire, spinning fire, juggling fire, eating fire, hammocks and colored lights and cheap wine, hand-rolled cigarettes, pot smoke drifting, and familiar faces i hadn't yet met

                      a singing smiling cop come to disperse us, hugs goodbye and long walks home


& last month, there was a Mardi Gras party: