L ennui du samedi apres-midi

Jena Woodhouse

I see you vividly, amie,
petite, maigre, fatiguee, assise
dans votre joli-petit
salon, samedi l'apres-midi.

There is a fine pale rain
like tulle across the dirty city;
you clutch your bowl of weak
cafe to ward off autumn's chill.
'How is your city, really?' you
asked more than once, and I
replied: 'Like any city when
you're bored and tired.'

Those Athens Saturdays we
languished, listened vainly for
the phone, cooked meagre meals
and took turns filling orange
plastic bowls. You laundered
dainty wisps of lace; my clothes
seemed coarse and frayed.

'Ah,' you would say, 'in summer
there's no money, holidays
aren't paid. I put my lip-
sticks in the fridge, mes par-
fums, maquillage; I starve...'

In autumn there is work,
you can buy bread, and drink
cafe... I think of you,
comme d'habitude, all
afternoon on Saturdays.

pour Aline

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Unfortunately, French accent marks could not be represented. I hope this will not inconvenience the reader.

Jena Woodhouse 15.02.2003 07:48 • Заявить о нарушении

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C’est pas difficile, by the way... ?crivez vous des accents en Word and then paste them, as you please... Paris vaut la messe! Je vous f?licite and don’t be jittery (I am late in replying that, j’ai ?t? emp?ch?)

Clittary Hilton 16.02.2003 22:35 Заявить о нарушении

C’est pas difficile, by the way... йcrivez vous des accents en Word and then paste them, as you please... Paris vaut la messe! Je vous fйlicite and don’t be jittery (I am late in replying that, j’ai йtй empкchй).

Clittary Hilton 16.02.2003 22:37 Заявить о нарушении

depends on the bloody browser, I swear I could do it before

Clittary Hilton 16.02.2003 22:39 Заявить о нарушении

Salut, Clittary! Nice to see you back! I'll fiddle with my accents, but one can't win them all, n'est-ce pas?

Jena Woodhouse 16.02.2003 23:34 Заявить о нарушении

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