“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn.” – Jane Austen
“Listen, you only tease the ones you love.” – John Boehner
“I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life – to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one’s neighbors.” – Robert W. Service

mon voisin aime me taquiner / my neighbour likes to tease me
jean est taquiner moi
he delights in telling
le monde
says i am a spy
for obama
the twinkling
dans ses yeux,
illuminating smile
gives him away
everytime
the hard rods of
steel
he shapes into
gates, railings,
le croix de Cathar
or the symbol of the
pays d’ Occitan
the flames of the
forge
a mask
outside
l’ atelier
le masque
tombe
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bisous,
léa