un petit Tour de France

 

Henry Miller

buys a French racer

sells it and

regrets for ever

 

a photo of a woman

she rides a bike

Paris is liberated

her smile is a flag

 

Sartre and Simone de B

seated on a tandem

they quarrel when

she demands to steer

Le Café de Copains

champions on the wall

the arthritic patron

up there too

 

Alfred Jarry poses

astride his dear machine

everyman his own bicycle

dit Pere Ubu

 

In the Parc des Princes

sashes and bouquets

the winner smiles

I did it for France

alone on Mont Ventoux

Tom Simpson is dying

christ it’s hard

he takes a little help

 

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Jeff Cloves
Pic montage: Claire Palmer