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Aug 2019
En Francais of course, it is
a storage place for bread.

In rural villages all over La France,
Boulanger'sย ย are ceasing to exist.

The young no longer want to work
what they see as inclementย ย hours.

Le Coq Sportif has become lazy, so
bread is delivered to a Depot de Pain.

I lived in Lacoste en Luberon dans
la Vaucluse de Provence, sud de France.

It was the home of Le Marquis de Sade,
who lent his name to the adjective Sadism.

I often wondered, when tourists, not familiar
with French, thought when they saw "Depot de Pain".

Would that be a serendipitous symbiosis, or a
coincidental metaphor, for du Pain and Pain (hurt)?
Ryan O'Leary
Written by
Ryan O'Leary  Mallow.
(Mallow.)   
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