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The Young Ones, Flip Side [French] (La Jeunesse, Face B)

James A. Emanuel

Tuyaux de poêle et jupe rétrécie,
serrée, étirée,
La jeunesse peine.
Tellement on la comprime,
Il faut que la chair s’exprime,
Dissimule ses doutes,
Joue du regard et des hanches,
Fanfaronne du fard,
En poses provocantes.

Mais quoi qu’on fasse,
La jeunesse fait mal
Et puis passe.

Translated by Jean Migrenne

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