Toin 'N Toinette Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Toin 'N Toinette



She was only fifteen
when they met,
so Louis called her
Toinette.

He was older,
mais pas de loin*,
so she would call him
Toin.

But in bed she'd whisper
'Toinette'
and he'd back-whisper
'Toin';

and she'd play the king
and he the queen;
and when time came
to guillotine,

'no-one' knew
who was who,
so they chopped off
the heads of the two.

Sunday, July 26, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: politics
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Playing with Tony and Bronwyn Bishop, aka Marie Antoinette, with a prediction they both might meet their fates at a blade of a chopper.

* mais pas de loin: but not by far (may pa duh lwa to rhyme with Toin, pron. Twa)
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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