The Paris Poems

I packed up all my baggage

And took it with me

Far away

(I was not traveling lightly)

When I arrived

I unpacked very slowly

I had to take care

with where I set my things

So I set my fear down at the Louvre,

And picked up strength

I set my worry down in Versailles,

And picked up hope

I set my shame down in a cafe or two

And devoured love

And I packed up you,

And you,

And even you,

And I dumped us all in the Seine.

When I was finished,

it was time to go home.

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