Café Arcada

At first, we would say there was a band playing in the background.

But surely that wasn't the most significant feature of the moment.

Enchanted, we were, with how easily the city spread itself into that square - arches around, a church on top - 

And, suspending its movement because of the heat

Its people searched shadows only and the freshness of quiet spaces

To recover senses and live again.

Now it was in the evening.

And for sure there was a band playing in the backgroung.

Yes, I can tell from the vivid and inviting charleston, still in my memory.

But none of us danced. Surely that wasn't the most significant feature of the moment.