Ah, the Pleasures of Paris

By A.E. Bayne

The French flayed fix
I discovered in the city of sticks,
an artist’s complex science.
Off the street, another well-known venue.
Cafés and brasseries out-lit
their humming and creative aesthetics.
These I discovered in the newest of centers,
Across blackboards and boulevards.
Decent, often, and more than a metropolis,
eventually original, and anciently turned out.