Conduisez A Paris Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Conduisez A Paris



Conduisez A Paris

ses Champs

son stationnement

ses papillons
(leurs battements)
(leurs ecrasements)

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Drive In Paris

its Champs

its parking

its butterflies
(their fluttering)
(their splattering)

a project to design a poster encouraging taking your car into Paris.

Parking tickets in Paris are called papillons, butterflies: for the way they flutter in the breeze under your windscreen wiper; or, for the way they get smashed on your windscreen.

'A' has an acute in the French, as has the first 'e' in 'ecrasements'.
Champs=...Elysses.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Michael Walker 10 June 2015

I hadn't known about parking tickets being called 'papillons', but it fits well. What a change from hearing constant 'take public transport' advice that we get in NZ, almost as if cars were wrong. A witty poem. Michael Walker.

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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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