boys of rue mouffetard, by Alan Girling

Boy Carrying a Wine Bottle, photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson (France) 1954.

boys of rue mouffetard 
 
nothing furtive about the boys
their heads high
a smile for the girls
as they transport
magnum Bordeaux
bottles the length of their arms
cradled to hips
 
nor the girls
walking home from school
who know the boys
bring wine
cradled to hips
wrapped tightly
in their arms

Alan Girling

Alan Girling writes poetry mainly, sometimes fiction, non-fiction, or plays. His work has been seen in print, heard on the radio, at live readings, even viewed in shop windows. Such venues include Blynkt, Panoply, Hobart, The MacGuffin, Smokelong Quarterly, FreeFall, Galleon, Blue Skies, The Ekphrastic Review and CBC Radio among others. He is happy to have had poems win or place in four local poetry contests and to have a play produced for the Walking Fish Festival in Vancouver, B.C.