We got off
of the coach
when we reached
the town Tours
Miriam
gazed around
her tight curls
was lit up
by the sun
quite a place
she uttered
I stood there
staring round
at the scene
Gregory
(saint) of Tours
rebuilt the
cathedral
that burnt down
in the 6th
Century
I told her
how'd you know?
she asked me
I read it
in a book
we walked on
the guide said
meet back in
two hours time
we walked streets
together
had coffee
in a shop
one of my
ancestors
in the year
732
stopped Muslim
invaders
at this place
who was that?
she asked me
Charles Martel
Frankish prince
you told her
Henry Ford
said that all
history
was just bunk
or something
just like that
she muttered
he meant we
should live now
not be stuck
in the past
I told her
it's all ****
she replied
we lit up
cigarettes
and walked on
together
we held hands
(more than that
much later)
and went back
to the coach
and sat down
in our seats
her bare knee
touching mine
as we sat
holding hands
her body
unexplored
foreign lands.
Jul 5, 2015
Jul 5, 2015 at 2:42 AM UTC
We got off
of the coach
when we reached
the town Tours
Miriam
gazed around
her tight curls
was lit up
by the sun
quite a place
she uttered
I stood there
staring round
at the scene
Gregory
(saint) of Tours
rebuilt the
cathedral
that burnt down
in the 6th
Century
I told her
how'd you know?
she asked me
I read it
in a book
we walked on
the guide said
meet back in
two hours time
we walked streets
together
had coffee
in a shop
one of my
ancestors
in the year
732
stopped Muslim
invaders
at this place
who was that?
she asked me
Charles Martel
Frankish prince
you told her
Henry Ford
said that all
history
was just bunk
or something
just like that
she muttered
he meant we
should live now
not be stuck
in the past
I told her
it's all ****
she replied
we lit up
cigarettes
and walked on
together
we held hands
(more than that
much later)
and went back
to the coach
and sat down
in our seats
her bare knee
touching mine
as we sat
holding hands
her body
unexplored
foreign lands.
