Salsa

by Debbie Antis

Air is hot

Room is crowded

Smoke is thick

Music's started

Congas beat..

Steady sound

Dancers.. 

Sashay round

Hips 

Flare

Men.. 

Stare

Rhythm pulses

Hypnotically

Ancient call

African melody

Sexuality

Uninhibited

Bodies

Exhibited

Ripe forms

Heat up the room

Trumpets escalate to a frenzy

Couples sway and swoon

Reaching crescendo

Then ends

 Sweat beaded up in places

Rivulets in faces

Call de mi sangre..

 Strong

Sings 

To me in song

Salsa roots Por mi

Padre

Latin skin de

Mi madre