Exercice en forme de Z [English translation]

Zazie

on her visit to the zoo

sucking her licorice bonbon

was playing with a bright verse

of Isidore Isou

when shoot! A raging wind

erupted from her trousers

Now you see her zig-zagging in the air

Zazie and her blazer

The exotic creature

is shot with zoom lens

by a paparazzo

a visionary killer

of Mozart’s jokes

A funny bloke

A blasé eyeballer

Viewer of risqué photos

Zazie

on the trade winds

is having a dandy in the blue sky

as light as an Alka-Seltzer bubble

She sees the zoo

soars over the chimpanzees

gazelles, lizards, zebus, buzzards and grizzlies of Asia

The exotic creature

is shot with zoom lens

by the other oddball zebra, a good sort

Zazie blows him a kiss

exposes herself to his eyes

her zipper and her Zippo

open from A to Z

• Artist:Jane Birkin