Faute de Mieux


Faute de mieux, said he wagging more than just his tongue
Yes, we do need to improve the view, I replied.

Un faux pas avec une femme fatale, said he almost proud,
Explaining the unduly rosy cheeks somehow banal

Fin de siècle is the present tense of a decadent song
The time of the entrepreneur ending in a circle

Entre nous, it doesn't come a big surprise
We are so used to the en suite loo.

Fait Accompli, said he looking straight at his
soupe du jour pale with glee.

Mise en scène of a ménage a trois:
Jules and Jim, a gem by Truffaut François 

Sang-froid isn't quite so cold as cold blood
It's the sort of cooled blood needed in a racing car

Vignette noir de le monde à la mode vis-à-vis
un risqué succès par médisance:

Au contraire, I must insist that I am
Avant-garde, as I stare at the drunken bard

Adroit with my helping hand. I am my own cause célèbre
With unlimited carte blanche on the web

Chevalier d'industrie likes divertissement un peux de trop
But no one doubts his sense of camaraderie

Un concierge et un connoisseur sont amis
Tant mieux pour l'umanité

Bevagna, 30 11 2008