Jolicoeur Touriste

Jolicoeur drinks beers while watching TV
Jolicoeur smokes cigarettes while listening to the radio
Jolicoeur goes on a vacation-trip in his living-room cockpit

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Soft Ulysses
stationary explorer
Jolicoeur tourist

all aboard for outer space!

outside, the interstellar void
Jolicoeur stays inside
crisscrosses his screen-ocean
gazes at the light-years
smokes cigarettes in his pressurized rocket

an afternoon on the moon is as long as a whole week here on Earth
yes, said dad

Jolicoeur’s wandering, remembering
when adventure came to him
every Saturday afternoon

all-inclusive happiness, guaranteed memories
yes, said dad

strange the melancholy of Jolicoeur
irradiated by cathodic emissions
who, curtains drawn, orbits infinity

oh, boy! I’ve touched a star

Cabined Icarus
stationary explorer
Jolicoeur tourist

oxygen running low, oxygen running low
return to rocket, return to rocket

Jolicoeur goes on a vacation-trip in his living-room cockpit

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Philippe Bouchard-Cholette