James 3:5-8
The greatest writer in the history
Of modern poésie française was slapped
Because he mocked his only devotee.
Rimbaud mocked Verlaine and Verlaine snapped.
He smacked the boy across the face with lunch.
The fish he’d bought for them to eat became
The weapon for his temper’s pettish punch.
Compared to knives and gunshots this was tame,
Contemptuous enough, though. It destroyed
The only infamous affair between
Two male French poets. These heroes, who toyed
With every rule and treated as obscene
The common decencies, wrecked their pairing
With anarchic words and salted herring.