Down in New Orleans…
Begging strangers in masks to throw plastic beads at your face
Diving to the ground for doubloons
Covering your neck in purple, green and gold beads
Giving kids decorated spears
Praising strangers dressed as kings and queens
Wearing tacky clothes
Eating your weight in fried chicken from Popeye’s
Celebrating when you get the baby in a piece of cake
Dancing with strangers to the beat of the drums
is the norm.
It is Mardi Gras Madness, what else do you expect?
Ashley, age 16