Place de la Bastille
Golden hour
Summer breeze
Thursday evening perfect checklist
Passing cyclists
Corner skaters
And some reader on the benches
Pigeons cooing
People moving
Bus and taxi claxons’ echoes
Some are chatting
Others texting
Others idly walking by
Basking in this tender light
The busy people, streets, and sounds,
Stood upon its verdant perch
The Génie takes a look around
Proudly watching freedom thrive
The Génie beams and glows, and smiles
“Oh, to live in days like this
what joy this life provides!”
