Undertow of grey
sky pulls viewer’s
eye upwards
over Notre-Dame
& green trolley
over flower cart capped
with crest of carnations
& amber light
of confectioner’s shop
over the man in the mud-
brown jacket & woman
in ant-black coat.  

Rain spatter flushes cloud-
stone-wheel-wood-petal-
window-pedestrian
with an opal
brilliance.                                          

~inspired by Edouard Léon Cortes’ (1882-1969) “Notre-Dame, Paris”