Economics and similar, for the sleep-deprived
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Weekend pacifist poetry time
The Swans translation of Boris Vian's "Le Déserteur" is pretty good, but I fancied one that was a bit looser so here it is. Like all my ventures into poetry it reads like pastiche Roger McGough, but there's nothing particularly wrong with pastiche McGough. Anyway there you go:
Monsieur President
here's a note
perhaps you'll read it
or maybe you won't
I found in my post
last Wednesday morning
my call-up papers
and my final warning
I hate to annoy you
this must hurt
but my firm intention
is to desert
My children are screaming
my mother is crazy
she laughs at the bombs
and the roots of the daisies
you put me in prison
and ruined my marriage
so tomorrow morning
I'm taking my baggage
Leaving behind
all the damage you've done
and wandering around
between Brest and Toulon
I'll tell your people
they have a choice
shout from the rooftops
at the top of my voice
"Deny your President
refuse to be led
refuse your presence
refuse to be dead"
If you're a leader
lead by example
If it's blood we're needing
Give us a sample
Monsieur President
tell your gendarmes
they can shoot me at will
I will not be armedLabels: attemps to show a sensitive side that I manifestly do not possess
this item posted by the management 5/25/2007 07:02:00 AM
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