DADA PERET'S DREAM

Mermaid, myrmidons
dreamers of a one eyed night
outside war rooms
awaiting bell chimes of memory
to sail again on water's peace
spring spies on brown twig nests
a bird opens to sign in
for an order of French bread
stretched out on the park bench
by an elderly soul with a walker
as the bushes quiver in the wind
a voice cries out by slow footprints
rain spouts along the Seine.