Maison Billy
She hear the
bird song
she goes and
I come along
to the Boney Shwa:
pain aux raisins et café…
Billy’s
place at Achigan,
right near
St. Hippolyte,
this side of
the restaurant
named The Water in the Mouth;
Billy’s
place is a model,
a model in a
bottle,
or a painted
ship within a frame
he stole
from mama’s place,
taking it,
laughing.
He told ma femme to come,
she and la belle-soeur,
get it
before he die,
but he go
too fast,
tabernac!
too fast.
from her
nephews then she stole…
and they
want it back, but they sold
the house,
the model
house,
like a ship
in a bottle...
In Achigan,
by Hippolyte,
near Ste. Adele...
Over the Rue de la Montagne
by the yellow house
where they sell eggs.
Je m'en souviens toujours!
--
notes
Boney Shwa = Bonne Choix, a small convenience type market chain in Quebec
belle-soeur = sister-in-law
je m'en souviens toujours = I always remember it
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