John Stammers
Furthermore the avenue
Furthermore the avenue recedes,
all the tables set out for le déjeuner,
tiny crabs are spots of cochineal on saffron paella,
their one pink day is going well so far.
Platters of sea-bass, gambas and trinkling glass
do nothing but vie with the C-sharp of Lambrettas
that dopple off down the street to G.
Your features etch an outline in the noon u.v.,
your profile against the duck-egg blue sun blind -
such a line!
Would you like more of the salade d’epinards we'd
ordered?
espèce de folie! espèce de grandeur de salade!, less
is off the menu.
Vague clouds run their hands through their coiffure,
bring their lips together in a moue.
If a look from you on this cours provençale,
if a smile from you in this air - itself warmed with
aromatic herbs,
if a word from you were to introduce a certain a propos
across the reticent white tablecloth...
The day turns with a turning of the head
and a glance along the avenue and along.
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