BUFFET DE MOTS DES RUES DE PARIS
buffet de mots des rues de paris
served by m
dearest friends and co-travellers,
i hope that life flies and that the flies fly
away from you, if what they do is trouble you
i have taken a flight to paris
and here, just like every other where, I see a fight
between flies and life,
meaning the lives
of those
trying to find
a life that flies
with a flow, with a smile,
trying to fly away
from the life
where one has to flap wings quicker than a fly
if one is not to receive a fine,
to be fried, to be found,
to be a fiend
by those with the right
to take life
citing fake life
saying flyflaps
are the normal way of life -
the way we are supposed to fly.
I find this fight very interesting and today i had the desire to record the whole thing, you know, make a film out of it, a documentary kind of, but i had no camera, and this is kind if necessary you know, when making a film, kind of, all i had was a pen, and then i had to ask for some paper, and you know, i met this very cool person who gave me some pieces of paper, you know, and after i kind of was dazzled by this tremendous generosity i kind of just walked around for a little while picking up the words of paris, you know, kind of like when making a documentary, but you know, without the camera, so more like a wordumentary, you know, figuring at least it’s better than nothing, so you know, donc voilà, one day’s words from paris, given to you kind of like when eating a buffet, you know, you can just pick and choose, eat as much as you wnat or as little as you want, try a little here a little there, anything you want, you know, as long as you are happy!…
IN THE BUFFET, WE HAVE:
le croissant, le jus d’orange, le strudel pavot
la louvre, le chocolat, la rue de charonne, la crème de sésame
la mangue, le moulin rouge, le boulevard ménilmontant, la crèpe
le salon de thé, le zone touristique
le: “la police partout, la justice nulle part”
le: “sarko vole les pauvres“
le: “sarko discours angélique
pratique mafieuse”
le: “fraternité, égalité, liberté“
le: “défense d’affischer, sous peine de poursuites”
le: “la revolte des pauvres est en marche“
le: “vous avez dit: combattre la misère.
vous n’avez rien fait.
désormais la misère va vous combattre.”
le: “le policier a toujours éte
l’element clef
d’une politique de rejet
et d’exclusion“
le: “bienvenue au pape benoit XVI”
le: “quand le cauchemar depassera la fiction,
vous saurez que vous ètes dans le monde de la réalité“
le: “27 28 29
Juillet 1830″
le: “la mort n’est rien
mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire
c’est mourir tous les jours“
le: “youpi! c’est les vacances!!!!
hourra pour nous
desolé pour vous”
le: “je mashe mes mots
et je bois tes paroles“
le: “qu’attendez vous?
que la nature se défende seule?”
le: “travailler plus
pour gagner plus?
mon oeil!“
le: “chaque personne menacé dans le monde
est chez elle en france,
patrie des droits de l’homme.”
Bon apetit!!!
and have a lovely sunday evening.
yours truly,
m
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