Lafayette, Colorado
People who live here
speak very little French.
Lafayette, nous voilà!
they sometimes say.
Although Lafayette,
famous Hero of Two
Worlds, (our world et
le monde de Lafayette)
never skied much past
the bunny slope and
few remember him slip-
ping bourbon in cocoa
after snowboarding—
in fact, few remember
him at all—it’s still
historical as hell here,
a veritable winter love-
fest de la révolution,
hippies and nobles lug-
ing down the Rockies.