being and not being
it is all french - a being 
of sartre - what a friend 
an existence barely lived 
a dance, a walk, a hike 
a youth spent in books 
in three stanzas of love 
in france a hotel merges 
with a railway - in DC 
the same - miles of love 
and forgotten bridges 
i wonder where i left 
the flowers i purchased 
and the one i stole 
so many years ago 
savoir - vivre of being