Blue Ribbon Serenade

water damage
can't be mitigated 
not fatal 
but enough to add character
to the current book of my life
it too is becoming
just as I am
miracles in plain sight
the sneaky bastard 
a blue ribbon
different this time and 
right on cue
serenaded under everyones nose
Julio turned the dial 
when he saw me sway
God bless a Venezuelan man