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french

queenbee's picture

Out to lunch

I have these french verbs
'dancing round in my head
they make me so dizzy
I fall on my bed.

They execute steps
I know nothing about
Then they twirl 'cross the floor
But i don't know the route.

I step on their toes
and receive icy stares
I slide them sweet smiles
But i get tight-lipped stares.

The dance calls for a twirl
But they spin me around
'Til my head is a tail
and my feet leave the ground.

The world keeps on spinning
Around and Around
My head's spinning too
But it's homeward bound

As I lose all my balance
And I fall to the ground
My plastered on smile
Turns into a frown

What right have these callous
and blue nosed verbs
Past tense, conditional
and Imparfait
Have to waltz through my mind
while sipping their brews
when I was about
to have such a nice day?

To get rid of these snobs
while they pose with their punch,
I hang up a sign that says
Quote, "out to lunch"

georgia_peachy's picture

French Homework

"Paul prends la main d'Ann"

My hand is empty.
I'm tired of never being Ann.
Paul is yet to appear.

Lucky french people.

pineapple_babbit's picture

Tu Es Mon Tout

Tu es le fleur de mon Coeur,
Un oiseau dans une arbre,
Une étoile dans le ciel,
Et un feuille en octobre.
Tu es le neige dans le nuit,
Et l’eau dans la pluie.
Tu es mon monde,
Ma vie,
Tu es mon tout.

pineapple_babbit's picture

Vous Êtes Mon Tout.

Vous êtes le fleur de mon Coeur,
Un oiseau dans une arbre,
Une étoile dans le ciel,
Et un feuille dans octobre.
Vous êtes le neige dans le nuit,
Et l’eau dans la pluie.
Vous êtes mon monde,
Ma vie,
Vous êtes mon tout.

pineapple_babbit's picture

Un Poem Estrange...

Bonjour mon amies,
J’adore le vie.

Le jour est bon,
Pour moi et un.

“J’adore l’amore,”
Dit ma Coeur.
“Il fait parfait
Boire le lait.
Il est vrais.
Je et tu sait.

Mais…

Il est faux!
Boit d’eau!
La bouche dit “eau!”
“Eau! Eau! Eau!!!”

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