Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival

Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival

No-one could do appalled like you:

thirteen hours on a bus to hear some

bimbo narrate the Holocaust?

You slurped through screenings and speeches,

(Je ne parle pas Français became your mantra)

and kept tabs on Clare's scarves and shawls,

niggled by how a home-counties mumsy

could suddenly become une critique chic.

I frolicked with salamis and testicles of garlic

and covering up my ignorance of cheese

mimicked a sommelier, replete

with elongated vowels and rolled rhotics.

You cottoned on, dismissed me with a grave

smile. We'd never be the next New Wave.

~

Appears in Snakeskin 182

Comments

[larry jordan]

Congrats on all three of these in Snakeskin. Someday, this one will get further exposure. It's like a grin with spinach in its teeth, love it.

larry

[Brian Edwards]

It's like a grin with spinach in its teeth,

Love that! Thanks Larry.

B.