mon oiseau, mon amour

mon oiseau, mon amour

If you were a bird,

I’d put you on my shoulder 

and feed you little worms 

As I walked to class.

Si tu vivais en volant,

Je te suiverais en courant, 

Pour te montrer à quel point 

Je voudrais prendre soins

De ton cœur ambulant.

If you were a bird,

I’d kiss you on the side 

of your beak, Gently, 

to let you know that I like you.

Si jamais mes jambes cassait

J'anéantirai tout c’qu'i’te tracasse

En m’battent avec mes bras

Jusqu'attend qu’ils abandonnas

Leur niaiseries et bêtasse. 

If you were a bird,

Et tu tomberais 

ill, I’d give you tea

a travers un pipette.

Si tu were un oiseau,

And tu asked me si

I t’aimais, I te dirais

je do, et we’d sit ici

ensemble in silence. 

Tommy Paquet (ig:@assouplis) — a trans French-Canadian-American poet. His poetry tackles the internal turbulence of family, feelings of split nationalities/cultural confusion, and queerness. He can be contacted at thalia.paquet@gmail.com