My Santiago

Knowing Trinidad

(Monday 18th December 2017)

Yesterday, or more correctly,

As they say in Cuba -

“Ayer”,

I came to comprehend Trinidad,

Just a little bit!

I am ever wary

of making pronouncements

about places;

Places about which

I know nothing.

So no edicts here,

Just observations

of one average man,

Encountering a place for the first time.

Trinidad streets are cobbled,

The historic parts anyway.

Cobbled, close, and intimate!

I like to walk these streets

and observe the observers

and their pets;

Those city inhabitants,

Who sit in their window seats,

And peer through the iron grills

at passers-by.