July 22, 2025

j’ai espère que
je pouvais penser
en français

i’m fairly certain that is incorrect
damn close to gibberish
but the sentiment still stands

i wish i wish i wish
i could think
in french

maybe i could understand and speak it better
then

[was french the language my Mom studied in school?]
[could we have practiced together
if life didn’t suck so hard
in 2001?]

July 8, 2025 [part 2]

having a whole conversation
in french

some words rushing past
in a jumble
but also able to pick up certain specifics here and there

and

able to reply
in french

apparently that’s what i wanted
from this trip
[even more so than a life-changing croissant]