Pre-Jul

Pre- Juul time 

The trees on the avenida have fairy lights
wrapped around their trunk
in the evening when the avenida is full of
slow-moving cars, people wanting to go
home from their offices in the center
they drum their fingers on the steering
wheel and wait for the traffic light to go
green, they might think it is beautiful
 it is but 
What's lacking is pristine snow. it is 
a scene from a Hollywood movie about
Christmas; luckily, I have not seen snow
in Cascais. I think about the electric
bill it was high last year, perhaps more 
this year, someone has to pay for the local
administration's excesses.