devant le grand Hôtel Le Lowe's Concorde, (poème)

Appartements pour Touristes
with 24-hour parking

old brick house
across from huge hotel
rising twenty-six floors
people dining
on the top (round) floor
looking down on you, you
decently modest house
if once magnificent
for your view
beyond and over
the gates of la
vieille ville
on rue St. Louis
down to where
the ships dock
even now, there
beyond the lovely
Chateau Frontenac?


from my Des Recettes de Quittance (ou Reçus)

23-02-09 on receipt dated 06-10-08 from Épicerie Santé du Quartier, $2.99