are still there
just as if the Allies had landed last night
France is not going to get rid of it
do they still want to remember the war in this way?
For many children of forty, thirty years and twens
a true paradise to play hide and seek
at home you are too old
but not here
that’s why it’s called vacation
in a wide area by the sea close to the ocean
stay calm
but having fun with your peers,
endless space
nobody forbids that
but all those memories
they don’t mean anything to me
war?
When and where?
Here? !
You are kidding me.
All those pontoons
to attract tourists
War?
I don’t know any….
© Sylvia Frances Chan – All Rights Reserved
Saturday 12 September 2020
From the series: Back from beauteous Normandy
This is a translation of the poem
Arromanches….
by
Sylvia Frances Chan