Bilingual Confrontation

BILINGUAL CONFRONTATION She entrée-ed into the room and it was all so déjà vue Because her Quebecois wiggle was timed to match the tango But she’d met her match with the senorita from Peru Madre de dios - que Madonna! With eyes afire from the fandango. They locked horns just after the siesta de toros When les beaux gars were just relaxing from the dance And they hair-pulled and cheek-scatched around the floor-os To see who would command the beaux gars’ romance Brigitte had a scalp-hold on Conchita and held it grimly And the Peruvian princess had her claws full of French cheek. Oh, for the gentlemen they always behaved so primly, But in a fight their rough grasps could lock for a week In an instant Brigitte snapped the beads of the princess And there was Peruvian horror at the loss of the necklace So the latina grabbed the earring of the Montrealaise And it was snapping and grabbing in manner reckless At last the toros woke up and the lutte des chattes ended The Spanish senorita with arms around a toro And the Quebecoise demoiselle with her lips locked On a beau gars for today and maybe tomorrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Note: These Spanish/French expressions are untranslatable, but their equivalent meaning is given as follows: - Madre de dios - que Madonna! = Holy mackerel - what a looker! siesta de toros = snooze time for the drunken guys les beaux gars = cool dudes toros = guys ( hitherto drunk and asleep ) lutte des chattes = cat fight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Entered in Debbie Guzzi ‘s Contest Bi-Lingual Poetry