Wednesday, February 17, 2021

L'égout / The Drain

They come to Paris

from all over the world

to spit in the drain

where the greats have spat,

and see their reflection

in the sullen water.


They spit with insouciance,

and try to scrye

a different destiny.






Text and image Copyright © 2021 by Donald C. Traxler aka Donald Jacobson Traxler.


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