frost

 Mist frosts the fir trees   
accompanied by the requiem of passing days
fearsome antiphon .

Boogeyman Joy
freezing fingertips
that had to be warmed up against the salamander
of that sharp pain that assaulted you just before class resumed .

Antenna spike to life
the waves in savagery above the white waves
frosted cream under a winter sun
by a cold without appeal .

A padlock cold closed and hung on the bridge of memories
the day after crossing the Pont des Arts
lift the heart of dead loves
transfiguration of emotions
marching towards the Tuileries of the just order
the packet of leaflets in the bag
for hand to hand
walk the talk
and dress the bare marbles of the park with paper
on the abscissa of this trajectory
from moire to victory
curved hope of tomorrows that sing .


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the mystery watches

 Redacted from among the moss
inoculated by its memory dendrites
out of denial
the mystery watches
darts and reflects the occupation of the place
guttural and festive swigs
of these encounters
at nightfall on the doorstep
of these romances
too soon said then forgotten
early morning
idle
in the passage of the garbage cans
sage set up after party
forms and impulses in the sheath
wait for better days
that arise again
outstretched hands
the discreet smiles
surprise invitations
and hear oneself say
how beautiful life is
when the linen is hung
to mistake
innocent wink
swapped between two sheets
cascades of laughter
in the middle of the sunny sails
angel wings brushing the morning freshness
just a thrill to hold back
just the oblation to collect
the heat in the cheeks
without brake
burst the bud with a silky smooth kiss
for God's sake
small apple
gray api
small apple
d'api d'api rouge .


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come take a look around here

 Quickly done well done
the visit to my silent old friend
afflicted with a thaw
its stained glass windows
calm color butterflies
eyelids folded under their sly eyebrows of made-up whiteness .

The ship is docked
no movement disturbs its tranquility
the war memorial stands guard
the fountain coos, a rare and joyful pearl
to play hide and seek
embedded in the droppings of the snow bow .

The red car parks
windshield wipers stop moving
the doors open and slam
men in rubber boots and caps come out
hands in the pockets of their baggy trousers
they disappear .

Then reappear
and enter the cafe
an extended deca-cream and a natural
not a bock
sounds of furious animals exalt the percolating fulminant .

" Is the commercial vibe back in Orcival ? "
" In Besse there was the Andros trophy and the Saint Cochon "
" Superbness knows no crisis " .

The spoon taps the cup
it's because of a hummingbird
which opened and then closed
sometimes come here for a walk .


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Thaw

 Coexisting tar and snow
in semi-spherical dicots
the births came quickly
under the auspicious lunation .

Tar and snow
shimmering dirt
the plain is hooded
without filtering the gaze .

Tar and snow
dependent neither on Eve nor on Adam
the soles left their imprints
on the senescent livery of the mists .

Tar and snow weaned from the sun
stowed the mainsail
to gird with a stole
the fair weather walker
busy shoveling in front of his door
while the screaming burle
tortured trees and poles .

Asphalt and snow swoon
as the thaw
letting go
ice stalactites
coming to explode at the foot of the walls
codicil enjoining me to continue the quest .


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Were they ?

      Were they
enslaved exploits
the elegant exegetes
from the parole divine ?

They would have
in the company of the rankless
occupied the promised space
to bigger than them.

Sorry to go to ground
under the rubble of time
we could have accompanied
their attempts to bring in
goodness
in this place of garrison.

Clean shaven
jaws clenched
the Cerberus held their advantage
without a shadow of a doubt
don't make your eyes shiver
laid
immobile and dense
on the horizon of afflictions.


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These notes which denote

 These musical notes
enchanted by letting go of things said
in the event of a blast furnace rebellion
on the sly of the alcohol absorbed
a dry song
whispered by a head voice
in the whirl of the calabashes
stirred by the dark hands of unreason.
There was
was
engraved on the coping
a thrown cross
out of the prison of numbness ,
sigh ,
a glance ,
an invitation
simply obvious
that I will obey
finger covered in ashes
in holy application
on the front .

In default of armor ,
through the prison window ,
there was
the one i'm not looking for ,
the one who escapes and retains ,
the other .

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sit down and tell me

  sit beside 
and tell me the true words,
those of life
simple and close life,
describe what is,
be the faithful mirror,
do not invent anything,
do not omit the banal and the unsightly .

Let the clock run
which counts the missing seconds .

closer still
feel the heat
of our two bodies .

Don't blink at the emotion that comes to you
pick what is offered,
appreciate
and don't expect anything special .

Be there,
lively parenthesis
out of habit
at the end of a long sentence
like a breath that would become eternal .

Be what happens
between us,
between you and me,
be you
erect the princely canopy of the meeting
between what you are and what surrounds you .

catches
the song of angels,
country garland
above our heads
slowly ascending
towards the foliage of the trees
to the cries of crows
reflected in the calm waters of the canal
a cool summer evening
along the towpath .

The child who came
some months later,
the beautiful child,
prolonged us
far beyond us
overall
to what was to come .


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In strict frock coat

 almond almond
 se pavanait
 as the breathless swells
 that we perceive
 under the disjointed floor
 of our emotional encounter.

 She showed great courage
 et mettait du cœur à l'ouvrage
 dusting on the fly
 the flight of wild geese
 sugar kisses
 under the eiderdown of swigs of mist
 as we progress
 above the swamp
 feigned hostilities
 to wipe his wet index finger
 in beard hair
 near the corner of the lips
 of a setting sun
 funeral oration
 pour un hiver
 victim of rigor
 seasonal buttoning
 strict frock coat . 


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Tomorrow it may be too late

 Don't hit the table,   
caress the warm fur coat
left on the radiator .
Put water in your wine
without whipped cream
on the neck of so many years untangling yours from mine,
defer the strangulation of remonstrances .
Firm footing
the seracs of sagittal evolution
hitting the break-in target
committed on the saddle of beauty
for hickeys of peace placed on the shoulder
hear say,
by the way,
Like nothing ever happened,
that tomorrow,
it may be too late .

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Tips for overcoming derelections

   will have arisen
like seamstress ants
in their ceans of unloved ones
all in countenance
and yet
so stirred in their remembrance
to weave at night
the renewal of the day that is dawning .

Hadn't they eaten their white bread
when still young
they announced the big business of their life ?

First of all " Open their dreams "
on the slope of propriety
slowly ascending
to more to take on this earth .

Then " Curiosity ",
to build oneself by opening the doors
without foreseeing the future
in Negrepelisse
kingdom of the small wise beings
in their necrophiliac mustaches
quicker to go out of fashion
to do what there is to do .

After that
"Go see what's behind"
in order to feed
starving romanian children
western luxuries
more apt to remain amazed
in front of the poplar blossom
what to do the watchman at the corner of the building .

Pour
" Look at the disciplines around us "
in order to increase their knowledge
history of being ready for the exchange
with the neighbor
crazy seekers of the unspeakable
of a rising sun
all in discretion
on the vermilion lip of a wakeful smile .

And to have
" A broad mind while digging into his specialty "
because all research requires planting
off the beaten track
novelty sensor antennas
eternal singles in search
of a marriage only at any age
we pride ourselves as with regret
d'originer
before any elevation of the soul .

At last
" Work in groups "
because it is in the friction of beings
than the fossil energy produced by the injury
lost souls
allow
formulating
wisdom
simplicity path menu needed
to the disappearance of derelicts .

May the traces of the wolf in the forest
hire light
the momentum of life
towards the beautiful summer of our upcoming meetings
and louve .


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