Paris, June 17

Eiffel Tower and a

football game:

sparklers, horns,

drums, Mali bambara and

Tunisian flags. Stuck

on the

sidewalk behind a couple

kissing, I tossed a few

coins to the Chinese man

echoing singing then fell

in love with the

stranger waiting

for the Metro, blue

checked collar undone,

reading Lolita.

CVP