Archive 08/15/11

 

   

Asleep in the Tuileries

                                                                  

You and I, my precious love,

Have walked and walked and walked,

Slowed into such a sweet peak of Parisian exhaustion,

For traversing Rue de Rivoli, from Castiglione,

All the way to Boulevard de Sébastopol,

Finally reaching the ultramodern Pompidou Centre,

And, before and after the museum visit,

Exploring four exquisite churches:

St-Germain-l'Auxerrois, St-Eustache, St-Merri, Notre Dame.

 

Fluent in the tongue the Tuileries' shadows speak,

We now spend three clear-cool-blue and sky-serene hours

Recuperating from our adventures' splendid fatigue,

Stroking one another's arms, dozing, in green lounge chairs,

At peace, in the tranquillity of this retreat,

The barely shivering chestnut-tree leaves lullabying us.

In this garden, the cosmos is ours to borrow,

And romance is what keeps our closed eyes open,

Looking into each other's dreams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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