Toujours L'Amour

Here in gay Paree
we are a friendly bunch;
we don’t think twice
of inviting one to lunch.
We like to entertain
as a matter of course
with social (or sexual)
intercourse.
We do not mind
if we hear that Jean Pierre
has installed his mistress
in his pied-a-terre.
Nor are we surprised
to learn that the president
has a spare in tow, as well
as the one who's resident.
We can make love anywhere,
in a bed or in a vestibule,
but we cannot bear
to be held up to ridicule.
Can you imagine Cyrano
- he with the large hooter-
going to meet Roxane
in a three-wheeler scooter?

 
© Luigi Pagano 2014

*First published on http://poetry-24.blogspot.co.uk/