5. Assailing Faux Dawn

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I’ve looked into the olive eyes of a young man who saw the object of his desire on my person.

I noticed him noticing me a few blocks away.

We were alone on the streets of Le Kremlin Bicetre, a comune in Paris. Mid-afternoon Sunday duringla canicule never felt more like a desertedmadrugada. There is no better word in my vocabulary.Madrugada is the word that encompasses the early hours of the morning. Dawn sounds too hopeful and would be misleading. Anungodly houris also misleading since I know the gods always watch from their kinky voyeur posts. Seldom interceeding. A conundrum weexplain away to protect faith.Madrugada is the right word to express the atmosphere of that afternoon in Paris. Etimologías de Chile, a website, provides further explanation. The Spanish,Madrugada, comes from the Latinmaturicare,which means mature and ripe, and also that which happens soon and opportunely or even precociously. The adjectivematurusmeans good and favorable. The adjectivemanis/manedescribes a family’s spirits, protective of their living relatives, who are worshiped in return. You can see whymadrugada fits my story best.Continue reading