no j in arabic

ghimila offers to take my picture.
ghimila.
she takes two--
we don't have J in arabic--
and i ask her her name
we shake hands.

spinach, cheese, mushroom & turkey crepe + double mocha

i sit
enjoy
eat
take in the doisneau
reminiscences
am transported
to a crepery
there
tour de eiffel
rising from the papers they
are printed on
i am once again
in the rich memory
of prin temps
and my stroll
down the
champs elysee
sitting in outdoor cafes
lingering over $8 cokes
rejoicing in the
mishmash of
asian guitarists
bringing alive the john denver
song
take me home
to paris, love
with this crepe
i am ready
for the steps of
sacre cour
the joys of mon martre
take me home.