Protest Drum Beside Vigil Candles Outside Polling Station

Twilight settles over a dry, dusty plaza outside a polling station in Aguascalientes. A wooden protest drum rests on the cracked pavement, its skin taut and marked with wear. Several beeswax candles flicker nearby, casting warm, dancing shadows against the drum's grain. Distant town glow paints the horizon in soft orange and purple hues, against the deepening blue sky. Broadcast cables stretch across the foreground, tangled with crumpled paper notices fluttering in the dry breeze. The scene is quiet, with the drum and candles standing as silent witnesses to the civic moment. at the edge is a single tear of wax dripping down the side of a candle, pooling on the rough concrete.