“Welcome to the House of Comens. Soyez les bienvenus.”
“Know though that you shall have contravened my right
To live out my days in the way that I choose.
Of course, you’ll use stealth. I’ll have no sight
Of your craft, since I’m now married to the booze.”
The House of Comens comes to the stage,
And we begin to get a taste
Of what will become an enduring
Conflict between the rival ruling
Individuals, Paul and Évette,
Neither of whom is prepared to let
The other have overall domination
Of a veritable national institution.
Here though, an unwanted guest
Puts all – staff and clients – on edge,
Compounding their primeval fears,
Though perhaps he is not quite as he appears.
And then, what on Earth were they thinking
Really, with all that excessive drinking?
Well, in the end, we sincerely hope you may
Laugh, cry, gasp, and enthusiastically applaud our play.
“Réponds-lui, Tonton.
Pourquoi tu ne montres pas à tout le monde
Comment nous allons vaincre ce con?”
“Good night, sweet prince, now hath bestowed
This very day everything that I was owed.”
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