Le Droit Chemin
A chaque kilomètre
chaque année
des vieillards au front borné
indiquent aux enfants la route
d’un geste de ciment armé.
The Straight and Narrow Road
At each mile
each year
old men with closed faces
point out the road to children
with gestures of reinforced concrete.
Translation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Photo credit: Cliffs End Farm–Pit Burial by Wessex Archaeology
