Quai Blériot
Max Guedj
1969
It all began one wild dawn
The barges slid by under torrents of rain
The clouds raced past shredded and torn
above charcoal-glinting roofs
Two bourgeois dogs passed by with a sideways gait
The silhouette of a woman hesitated
turning toward Javel
Downstairs could be heard
the harsh sound of a small bell that abruptly rings
and stops then the…
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