Les Madeleines
Françoise Hardy
The Cupcakes
When he goes to get his cupcake
he already smells the milk, the caramel
but if he takes the bladders for lanterns
he'll be bled quickly at the four veins
gently
calmly
like a child
innocent
does he drink orange juice
or does he smoke mixes
that make him see the sea
in the middle of the desert?
when he goes to cherish his Cupcake
when I see him running out of breath
opening his charming arms to the naughty one
who will break his porcelain teeth
nose in the wind,
dreaming
like a child
innocent
fifteen feet off the ground
he adorns with a halo
the wasps not at all crazy
that he finds on sale
when he goes to get his Cupcake
I start crying like a cupcake
he doesn't really know the strategies
that date back to before Methuselah...and he goes to bite his cupcake
since he believes it's golden sweet with honey
and people laugh at him like whales
but don't you take all this too personally
nose in the wind
dreaming
like a child
innocent
head in the clouds
he goes on trips
where all the swamps
are transparent...
