Lawrence Hall, HSG
The French Government Collapses
4 December 2024
How can a government possibly collapse -
Did the National Assembly suffer a fainting spell?
Did the cabinet consume poisoned croissants
Or discover they’d been deceived by a California wine?
Perhaps a statue of Saint Joan of Arc
Newly gowned in haute couture from Wal-Mart
Lies prostrate in the Champs Elysee
Next to a made-in-China guillotine
How can a government have worked all in vain –
Did everyone in office go in Seine?
