Je suis francophile

rien n'a changé depuis que j'ai écrit ce poème en 2008...

i want a croissant

biftek poulet alain bashung

i want a new language

a post cinema verité

an avant garde nouvel roman

i want a song about lyon

or strasbourg or toulouse

i want to be pédé in gay ole' paris

or bi- in bretagne

I want to sit in an old theatre

and drink in bérénice

then go home and

write poetry à la ferré

i want to be risqué

i want to be un grand

i want an old barn for maison

and a terrace sur la seine

i want to take a train to cannes

and try this poem over again

i want to say "je vous aime"

like a true patriot

for once in my life

i want to say "vive la france"

without the guilt

throw off the shackles

i've felt since age 12

the American nightmare

adieu vietnam

bienvenue afghanistan

an endless maladie

tying me to a couch

with pills and pain

year after year after foutu year

my heart bursting with desire

my soul longing to speak

but the words are always foreign

always à la français

so no one gets the poems

even if my accent is good