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Quel Damage!

(on the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as France's president)

"L'état c'est moi!" Bien sûr! "La guerre c'est lui!"
Sarkozy cozies up to Washington
Après son coup d'état, fait accompli,
Son coup de grâce coupable, O quel con!

And Bush, in turn, giving the Frenchman head
Of state his tête-à-tête, for Liberté,
Égalité, Brutalité, has led
Another Europoodle to obey.

Beware this blessure blessing no noblesse
Oblige, extending entente cordiale entre
Le pay de France et l'Amérique. Hélas!
Ils sont, les deux, agents provocateurs!

Et attention, alors! La prochaine fois
Que terrorisme façe son rendezvous
À Paris, je crois pas la mauvaise foi
Disant Iran est responsable en lieu.

Ce pas de deux, faux pas, faut pas! Suffit!
That says to dogs of war Bon Appetit!
En bref, a French mot-juste s'applique içi --
A phrase we English borrow -- "C'est la merde!"

May 2007

 


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