Old Man Watercolor - Acuarela de un viejo

Mientras platicaba con un amigo en un bar en Insurgentes hice una acuarela de un hombre sentado a unas mesas de distancia. Ese dia pedí café arabe en prensa francesa por que en realidad yo nunca bebo alcohol. En cambio al hombre se le notaban algunas copas encima. La musica era buena por que estaban sonando los Smiths y mi amigo me platicaba sobre su nueva novia que era bailarina y que no hablaba bien español mientras bebia una cerveza con regusto a frutas. Cuando nos fuimos las canciones de los Smiths se habian acabado y el hombre, con varias cervezas encima miraba fijamente un charco de cerveza que habia en la mesa. Parecia que para el, era mas bien un oceano donde las sirenas le pedian que saltara para ahogarse.


While I was chatting with some chap in a bar in Insurgentes (a pretty popular avenue here in Mexico) I made a watercolor of a man who was sitting a few tables from us. That day I order some arab coffee in a french pres because I really never drink alcohol. On the other hand, you can tell that the other guy had a few drinks on him even before we arrived. The music was good because I could hear The Smiths coming out the speakers and my friend was telling me about his new girlfriend, who was a dancer and couldn't speak spanish very well. I remember he was drinking some fruit flavored beer. When we left the Smiths stop playing and I saw the man staring at the beer he spilled on his table. He looked at it as if it were an ocean where the sirens ask him to jump and drown.