Un Poème Français

I don’t know French
Anyway, even if I did I couldn’t pronounce it
In a manner acceptable to the French

But by cobbling together joie de vivre
and je ne sais quoi
and raison d’être
and s’il vous plaît

I imagine I could convey
that my life knows no joy without you
and I have no reason to be

I think they’d have to at least appreciate l’appel du vide