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James A. Emanuel

Danse et grand sourire
sur l’escalier  : c’est du JAZZ,
c’est Bill Robinson.

Champagne en haut, pagne
en bananes  : tout Paris, oui,
à tes genoux,           Jo.

Taille de réglisse,
houle de bananes, rythmes
de JAZZ et   délices.

Ton strass et ta danse
te couronnent Joséphine,
enflamment la France.

Translated by Jean Migrenne

© 1991 James A. Emanuel. All rights reserved.
From Jazz From the Haiku King | Broadside Press, 1999
Reprinted by permission of the author.

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