What little I can do.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]
This is The French Lesson, a poem from my second book.
The French Lesson.
"He's looking for the woman.
What woman?
The woman.
This country is rapidly becoming industrialized.
We're going out, he doesn't lie, she's punishing herself.
He's serving you succeed, he feels bad when you go out.
How is the weather?
It's lovely, it's hot, it's cold, chilly, et cetera.
What is the subject of this comedy?
He's a man who likes to listen to himself talk, almost
without wanting to.
This means, like the other time, the whole day
long, beautiful horses.
His or her beautiful hair.
These things have nonetheless a natural value.
When he was young, he used to sell newspapers.
Crocodiles used to be, formerly were, abundant,
used to flourish.
He was repeating facts are facts.
What facts?
He is calling.
His name is very useful.
Every day, every two days, he no longer brings.
We were alone.
His merit.
He enjoys the respect of his friends.
They aren't speaking.
He's calling Henry.
His name is Henry.
In Memphis, one finds temples where they were adored.
He nonetheless left, has left.
Moreover, she remained, has remained.
We fell, have fallen.
Fortunately, he did not fall.
Toward the end, his talk became obscure.
She said her glass down suddenly.
He talked so much that his listeners left
toward the end of his speech.
She looked away.
They wanted to leave early.
The implication here, but the choice of the compound,
past tense, as opposed to the imperfect
is that they did indeed leave early, i.e.
The action was completed.
Contrast is Ils voulaient partir de bonne heure =
They wanted to leave early.
Where there is no such indication of completion
or realization of desire, all we know is that they wanted to.
We don't know whether they did, in fact, leave early.
In the above experiments, light acted as a chemical agent.
When I entered, went in, came in, they were playing cards.
We are ambitious.
But we are also tired."