The Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Twenty-Six

The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-Six Soon all the rooms at trysting hotel were for years booked through By pilgrims from Mindanao and Minangkabau to Timbuktu Saudi princes bought the hotels at Carrefour de Pompadour Kings of Malaysia with retinues planned long séjours Sea Anne-Anne’s “broken news” chartered all the sailing club’s boats The Mayor sacked the Accounts Chief for failing to raise the rates Sea Be-As put out feelers to buy the Pompiers de Paris All-Cheese-Seas-Roar made a secret pact with the mosque’s prelates All-Lions-Fun-Press opened offices at the Préfecture’s terrace Bee-Bee-Sea late as usual wanted a Royal Palace So they got the Queen to confer Lordship on the Président Beings-Port set about organizing annual matches face to fa ce Between Robo-Cops and the Darling Dears clad in chadors On one condition: they all fought it out in the lake outdoors Just then His Holiness with his yea-sayers strode out for air When boom-voiced Commandant pounced on them with Robo-Cop jaws: “Pray! Esteemed Prophet’s Emissary! Lend me thy sovereign ear! Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum this writ makes clear Miscreant Tent Maker’s son Omar doth s’installe à demeure… » « STOP ! » ordained the Imam, « I must forthwith lead the dohr prayer !” © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014