From a Balcony in Paris
Fine rain
open umbrella
Sitting on the balcony
Of a hotel
Overlooking
Haussmann-Saint Lazare.
Throngs of people
Something has changed
People drink
Starbuck
Eat hamburgers
On the hoof.
Old restaurant closed
Converted
To fast-food joints.
I sigh
Drink from the bottle
Of Bordeaux
To avoid
Getting rainwater
In my wine.
Categories:
haussmann, abuse, age, america, august,
Form: Chant Royal
Last Time I was in Paris
Fine rain, open umbrella sit on the balcony of a hotel overlooking
Haussmann – Saint Lazare. A throng of people, but something has changed,
people drink Starbuck coffee and eat burgers on the hoof.
Old restaurants are closing or converted to fast-food joints.
I sigh and drink from a bottle of Bordeaux to avoid getting rainwater
in my wine, Jesus made wine out of water, no need to reverse it.
This place together with rue d’Amsterdam used to be where the posh people
lived and now, safe for the ruddy scrap yard tower, this could have been
downtown Chicago with fewer handguns.
Categories:
haussmann, anger, anti bullying, arabic,
Form: Blank verse