Poems of the Week

Piqûre Piquante

by Iris Herriot

“French posters of kissing couples promote ‘desirable’ side of Covid jab”
The Guardian

What kind of a bête or a boor
Would find la Covid an allure?
When you both have your Pfizers,
Then lock your incisors
And slurp all you wish. Ah, l’amour!