the cacophony of an espresso machine
in a tiled & smoke-filled bar
with twenty five spaniards
all shouting at the television
the hiss of the breaking wave
rushing back down the pebbles
on brighton beach
the ear-splitting merriment of
a feasting flock of sparrows
2 comments:
Did the television in the smoke-filled bar shout back? Spanish television seem to me to have the habit of shouting a lot, maybe because no one listens to them.
sometimes, in the younger bars, the sport is competing with the disco sound system
but generally, the spanish enjoy a bit of noise; way out west you'll see house wives in polyester overalls shouting their conversations toe to toe on the doorstep
on my first visit i was advised to speak loudly at all times, or they would think i had something to hide
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