Raconter des salades (à Robert Doisneau)
by Marie Marshall
Detail from a photo by Robert Doisneau
Raconter des salades
(à Robert Doisneau)
Je vois la juive jeune
et son nègre adorant
danser comme
deux fruits-de-nuit
Tous les deux bourgeonnent
en plein été
autour de Saint Germain
– faut que je sourie!
Jive talking
(for Robert Doisneau)
I see the Jewish girl
and her adoring black guy
dance like
two nighttime fruits
Both are coming into bud
in high summer
around St Germain
– gotta smile!
Marie Marshall 
That is an incredible picture, and I think you have more than done it justice.
You are a lot more ambitious than my 2 X 6-word spell of bilingualism today!
“je me souviens” used to be “la belle province”.
i’m talking Québec license plates here.
the “belle” name has been adopted by fast food poutine joints,
but i remember this poem and smile too…for the cheese curds and dance!