A light-dappled square, Buzzing like the Center of the universe. Flat-capped Frenchman Strut like mid-century Movie stars. Cigars flaunt from Languid fingers. Serious facades mask Red-blooded kinship. They wait their turn to To flick, to spin, to thud Their steel onto Provençal terrain. What a life. What a game.
Title translated: Petanque Life.
Pétanque is a form of boules where the goal is to toss or roll hollow steel ***** as close as possible to a small wooden ball called a cochonnet (literally "piglet") or jack, while standing inside a circle with both feet on the ground.