{"id":1824,"date":"2025-08-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:27:59","slug":"careless-whisper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/careless-whisper\/","title":{"rendered":"Careless Whisper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>After George Michael<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Anna Trevathan, Managing Editor<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bar_La_Joya_-_Valladolid_Yucatan_Mexico.jpg\" alt=\"Bar La Joya \" class=\"wp-image-1829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bar_La_Joya_-_Valladolid_Yucatan_Mexico.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bar_La_Joya_-_Valladolid_Yucatan_Mexico-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A cantina where lovers like these often meet | cyril chermin (WikiCommons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Cantina, someone chose to play American music,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A George Michael song no one knows the words to is on,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The saxophone transcending language and culture plays,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And two men&#8217;s eyes meet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The bartender keeps a special jarrito at the bar,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his favorite Patron, the one that stays late,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And sometimes drinks so much he stays the night,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And whispers song titles that he wants to hear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>They will dance too close for the borrachos,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men in the village will speculate and alert abuelas,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Patron&#8217;s mother will scold him, and want him home,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the bartender has become his home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Smoke from the hand rolled cigars will fill the air,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And women will dance with their legs between the mans,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heads leaning on scruffy, sweaty necks,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the bartender will hold eye contact, filling the cup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>They could have been so good together.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After George Michael By Anna Trevathan, Managing Editor In the Cantina, someone chose to play American music,&nbsp; 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