IMPROVISATION #74
YVES BONNEFOY'S ERA
1923-2016

In thawing days
of not forgetting
your voice not embarrassed
from playing a notable part
in your choice French poetry
or about art's dauntless
cabaret at this Paris bench
here in the dawn dialogue
about the history shaping art
for the public
as you leapfrog
from my geometric memory
in a metamorphosis of escape.