Paris
An explosion
in Boul. St. Miche.
I was not there last night.
Paris
He bought me pastry
after church.
I don’t remember his name.
Paris
Mime performs for lunchers
in Rue de la Harpe,
holds out his skull cap for alms.
Paris
Le font Deschatelets
spills coolness
on the steamy pavement.
Paris
Poodle leads owner
on winding paths,
Ie parc Montsouris.
Do not step on the grass,
S.V.P.
Paris
Statue in sculpture garden
meditating.
The Thinker, by Rodin.
Paris
Monet’s Hay Stacks
dress the wall at Jeu de paume.
In the Louvre
Mona Lisa smiles
behind her layers of glass.
Paris
On the bridge Alexandre III
we hold our wallets close.
Street children watching
casually approach.
Paris
Flea Market day.
A damsel with a donkey
offers thread and needles.
I buy an unmatched
demitasse and saucer.
Five francs.
It’s Limoges.
Paris
Eternal summer
in my memory.
– Patricia Trudeau
