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Ryan O'Leary
Poems
Aug 2019
Depot de Pain
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)?
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Ryan O'Leary
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