I Love the French

Though it may get me labeled a traitor

And it surely won’t make me rich

In the face of all those who hate them

I announce: I love the French.

For De Tocqueville and Voltaire

For L’Enfant who designed DC

For the fact that without their

Aid this country would never have come to be

For Dumas, Joan of Arc, Exupery

Doctors without Borders, and

For a civilized society,

Low crime rates and beautiful land

For their gorgeous, passionate women

For Cezanne and for Gaughin

For wine valleys, chateux – earth heaven -

For Riviera, Paris, Sorbonne

For their foreign aid to the poor

And diplomatic outreach -

There is one thing I know for sure:

Hear me saying: I love the French.