September 11, 2010

Jean-Claude Gendarme

Jean-Claude Gendarme


So kiss me quick and squeeze a can


the summer’s here now make a plan.


Decide on continental sands


load kiddies, cousins, dogs and gran


into an ancient caravan


plus camping gas and tinny pans


then loudly praise your air con fans


look forward to the autobahns


but I beg you beware one man


it’s said he roams the Gallic land


where leggy ladies dance can cans


half Depardieu, half Jackie Chan …






At roadside aires outside Dieppe


he waits to give the tourists gip


with soggy roll-up on his lip


and a firm grip


it’s Jean-Claude Gendarme.






You’d better come a bearing cash


or he might kick your ros-bif ass


his temper even dwarves his tashe


and it’s a massive tashe


Jean-Claude Gendarme.






His va va vroom is overplayed


he makes Le Pen look rather staid


on human rights he’s slightly vague


call the Hague!


on Jean-Claude Gendarme.






It’s au revoir when his car hones in


your holiday will need postponing -


they say he still believes in stoning.


Good moaning!


Jean-Claude Gendarme.






Cos you forgot your hi vis jacket


this journey’s costing you a packet


you wish you’d braved the Cornish traffic


and home spun fascists


not Jean-Claude Gendarme.






Jean-Claude Gendarme, the garlic dalek:


he’ll spoil your trip away.


Your mother tongue? Jean Claude don’t parle it,


so bring on your Franglais:






Salute! j’ai … Left … Lefte? … J’ai lefte


Mon passport a mon maison


Je suis de sole


Esq-a maintenance Je … leave? Please? Petetra.






All nonchalant at your car door


he spits and quips Mais non Monsieur.


Jean-Claude you lost me at Bonjour!


Ne pas encore!


Up yours Delores!


Jean-Claude Gendarme.






They don’t dole out the karma free


at tourist town gendarmeries


his sense of humour’s tres petit.


C’est ne pas Paris!


Jean-Claude Gendarme.






From 12-4 he takes his luncheon


but otherwise the law’s his function


Are you pleased to see me or is that a truncheon?


It was a truncheon.


Jean-Claude Gendarme.






All five foot three with horn-rimmed specs


I doubt he gets beaucoup de sex


Napoleon weren’t that complex


I suspect


Jean-Claude Gendarme.






A man of which much more is less


he snaps on gloves and says Undress


next year I’m going to Skegness.


Mais Yes!


Jean-Claude Gendarme.

(via lukewright)