by Iris Herriot

(After Cole Porter)

“Emmanuel Macron: We will fight hard to keep Emily in Paris in France:
Hugely successful Netflix show has been a boon to French tourism but latest season takes events to Rome
… [According to Macron:] ‘Emily in Paris in Rome doesn’t make sense.’”
—The Guardian

Shall I say what I feel for this timeless ville,
As I stuff my croissants with clichés?
Though eternal it’s not, it beats Rome by a lot
And it merits this twofold praise:

I love Emily in Paris in Paris,
I love Emily in Paris in la France,
I love queuing for the Louvre in the Louvre,
I love Sartre with his oeuvre, said as “ouvre”;
I love Paris in Paris in the springtime,
I love Paris in Paris in the fall,
I love Paris in Emily in Paris,
And Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle de Gaulle de Gaulle de Gaulle.