Crisis control (ver. 2)

[LeoVictorBriones (poetremains)]

Carla Bruni knocks on the door of Sarkozy’s Paris flat.
She wears a $1,000 silk scarf—nothing else.
Nicolas ,freshly humiliated by Cecilia, suddenly
feels so much better. He rubs his hands like
a little boy in a chocolate factory,
tells Carla, “You’d look hot in a paper bag.”
“It's not quite royal but we could be quite the couple,”
she responds as she drags Sarkozy to his bed.
Sarkozy thinks, I’ll be the hero of every
Joe six-pack from the Alps to the Rocky Mountains,
they’ll never call me a neo-con again.
“It’s perfect” he blurts out, attempting penetration,
“We’ll marry at the chateau of Versailles.”
Carla is so happy she begins to sing.
They never get around to making love.

[syzygy73]

I'm not a fan or Sarkozy either-

When I read this I kept thinking of Peter Sarstedt's song, 'Where do you go?' (My lovely) and giggling to myself...

I wonder if they'll cut Sarkozy's head off? The French do like a revolution.

Love the poem, nice satire- a lovely voice (almost like a sigh). Great write Leo.

Rob

[Jonathan Morey Weiss-Namaste47]

Good political satire, Leo.
I got bumped because you mention "just before penetration" and later say "They never get around to making love."

Seems disparate.
You might change "just before penetration" to something that would lead the reader less in that direction. (In light of the last line.)

Enjoyable read.

[MichaelFirewalker]

love? love??love???....yadayadayadayadayada......riiiiiiiight...


michael

[David Nelson Bradsher]

How about "attempting penetration" to better define the pre-coital state, Leo?

Good satire.

[johnnysaturn]

I think "attempting penetration" pre-empts and takes the sting out of the ( tres mordant) punchline and could just be dropped. But splendid knockabout fun.