CENTERTAF

In Old Man’s Square
stands the centertaf,
ignored by heads fashionably bare
(softened by years absent of War),
yet makes a decent photograph
and a solemn metaphor.

Quand quelqu'un se dirige au ciel,
seulement un imbécile regarde le doigt!

argues the lonely angel,
but don’t mind her;
would rather gawk at the men
guarding the base, as they
once were.

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1. Mispronunciation of ‘cenotaph’.

2. Nickname for the place where the war memorial in Keighley, West Yorkshire (England) is because a lot of old men sit on the surrounding benches.

3. “When someone points at the sky, only a fool looks at the finger” derived from Amelie.