Accord In Limousin

Communication can come in many guises

                                   In the oaken ochred evening

                             we cottagers watch him

                             from the window

                             like interns watch a surgeon,

                             as he wields the knife methodically

                             to strip the skin from a rabbit

                             hung from an old shed door.

 

                             Before he can turn,

                             we have crept to the car

                             to escape embarrassment

                             for lack of language

                             or common culture,

 

                             But there is no losing this Gaulois.

                             The back box

                             hangs by a thread,

                             the cacophony has blown our cover

                             …..” et mon frere est le mecanicien!”

 

                             Now welded together,

                             our supper prepared,

                             our silencer and smiles

                                   have become firmly fixed.    

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

Etiquette and sensibilities I guess are forms of communications if I'm reading this correctly. Excellent, sir...:)........

[Pete Langley]

Thanks, Sami. Yes, my pidgeon French and their goodwill made it a great holiday. P.

[Sami Khalil]

Good. You are welcome...:)......

[Terpsichore]

Both exhaust and culture welded together seamlessly in these lines.

Liked this a lot T

[Pete Langley]

Thanks so much, T. It was a great vacation. P.

[Einstein Noodle]

love the scene you have painted .. reminds me of young days (on winter's snowy streets) we would wait on street corners like rabbits that don't move thinking they are invisible .. at the perfect time we grabbed the bumper and took a ride as long as our hearts held, the snow remained and the Gaulois was ignorant .. very enjoyable ride! sparks memories and well said says i!
E.

[Pete Langley]

Ha, I can imagine you as a bit of a daredevil, Gene. I take it that`s you trying to imitate a bird.

[Einstein Noodle]

;) and Norma my love would tell you i squawk like a bird too!

[Ed Hart]

ah...the luxury of sensibilities

[Pete Langley]

Yes indeed, Ed. As it turned out, the whole family were far more civilised than we deserved - I`ve still got the Limoges plate they gave us as a farewell present hung on the wall. P.

[Donald Meikle]

rabbits skin as easily and as fast as hornpout, like they were designed to be torn apart. unless of course you're French with a hungry audience. (what's a mycanicien?)

[Pete Langley]

Sorry about the typo, Don......and if the rabbit has upset your sensibilities. Yes, unless we`re vegetarian, we like our meat butchered and packaged ready to cook, but half the world doesn`t have our squeemishness when it comes to dinner. What gets killed gets skinned and eaten.

[Donald Meikle]

Taking time to carry it home and hang it on a door to skin it when all it takes is one cut to have meat in one hand and skin in the other (and a place to put the deboned legless carcass) just seems like needless work to a lazybones like me.