Jordan, the man with the sugary-brown skin who wears the same red watch to every event he assists. The redness of the watch resembles the velvet color on Jordan’s copper skin after his daily band-instructing hours. The watch is a corpulent box with fine, filled edges, embracing …show more content…
The physical exercise satisfies the emptiness that was once filled by the long, exhausting hours marching in Mardi Gras parades, the Saturday afternoon festival, and nevertheless every week’s Friday night lights. As he recalls his glorious days under the shinning spotlight of the crowded, freshly cut field in which they performed, Tito smiles with his big, round olive eyes; his mouth, however, never leaves the frown that he purposely wears to match with his tightly curled