Je Suis En Paisant

The places I will not go.
Versailles and cathedrals
built from taxation not
willingly given.

The Colessum and other
arenas of death
holding tears and lament
shed from those innocent.

The castles of kings
and boudoirs of queens.
Palaces flaunting historical wealth
while I could not eat.

Send to me the taxman.,
and go on, raise my rent. Again.
You think it is my place to suffer,
so I will suffer in my place.

Je suis en paisant.

I am a peasant.

I know,

I feel it in my DNA,

je suis en paisant.



Poetry by nice curtains
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Written on 2025-05-15 at 05:07

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Griffonner The PoetBay support member heart!
I appreciate your poem very much, but when I read it I am consumed with the thought that this attitude (forgive me for calling it that) is an acceptance of the debasing of self worth that all these entities have and do impose on us. Some, I guess, we must endure, but largely they inspire my desire to revolt! Blessings, Allen
2025-05-16


Albert Vynckier The PoetBay support member heart!
it made me think
as if I had come back to where I left

you can't overcome your DNA but how would you know ? you cannot be born a second time out of your mother's womb

DNA: Deutschland National Anthem
2025-05-15