… 30 minutes, again …
as a child, we spent all summer vacations there
in Fombillou
with cows, hens, turkeys, pigs
at the farm
to wilt alfalfa, to bundle, to harvest
Grandpa always grumbles, in patois, after his machines
rural and summer drought
heavy heat until the night
with my brother, on an adventure, on a tampered bike, to play
in the corners of the village, the infinite countryside
Granny prepares her morning pascades, her garden ”farçous”,
her huge chickens, roasted on the stove, for Sunday with the family
Marcel is gone
then Odette
my last moments spent with her
… 30 minutes, one last time …
Patrick Bastide
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