City of charm,
novelized by great writers,
and desired by cohorts
of unfathomable lovers.
Rainwater is deposited
in Man Ray style:
Larmes (Tears) on Car-Tops.
On the Seine you can feel
the upward glance
of the fin du 19e siècle.
Couples unleash passions
in invisible rooftops.
The inner courtyards
attend to growth
the glistening wild pots.
Someone seems
to come out
of a film-noir movie.
Nouvelle Vague…
Mirage days
(Before Love Fall),
intended to invoke
wonder at the cause*.
(*) Photographs taken before the coronavirus pandemic
Lluís Bussé 