Eighteen century
Decimals of patois
Compounded into
Multiples of French
Ownership starts with
Valmy
Ends with
Verdun
And two hundred
Years hence
Units of French
Divided down into
Decimals of creed
Why we fight
Ideologies – fight
That which will
Brook no retreat
For units of langage
Matching units
Of reality
For units of sense
Compounded in
Units of alloyed self
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Frédéric Benqué 