Alone at the doorstep   
 to be between the living and the dead   
 at the bow of the ship   
 covering an uncertain future   
 under the coat hooks in the vestibule   
 mismatched clothes   
 by forced wandering .   

 Clap the banner   
 the knocking time   
 offers parentheses   
 in the crepe of our wounds   
 without appearing   
 the poppies of childhood   
 eternal marriage   
 before the big upheaval .   

 In the august fissure   
 waiting for the day   
 with a heavy step   
 the old man goes   
 on the dusty road   
 memories to come   
 warm welcome    
 breaking away from the too well known .  
 
 So offered   
 this blaze of colors   
 in full armfuls   
 enchanted aspiration   
 of our counted steps   
 on the crunching gravel   
 of the sweet coming   
 of your smile .  

 
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 Red dirt under the snow  
 for the black of infinity  
 towards the whiteness of events.  

 Traces volatiles  
 under the crystal of movement  
 the frost cracks.  

 Large Cipher Writing   
 sometimes encountered   
 inside the mountains.   
 
 Lost on the edge  
 the child against his heart  
 squeeze the viaticum of beautiful thoughts.  

 Consuming without consuming  
 the height would be to believe  
 and make it look good.  

 In the dark of ink  
 there is the void of space  
 this page of pure silence.  

 For the moths  
 point d'obstacle  
 just the revolt active clasp.  

 The cobblestones of oblivion resound  
 trot-menu of the genius of passage  
 on the white linen of the poem.  

 It crunches underfoot  
 the veins of illusion are declined  
 at the jump of a void of air.  

 shuffle the cards  
 make a big fire  
 love is tap dancing.  

  ( Photo by Caroline Nivelon ) 
 
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 die in thoughts  
 reach the other side  
 without memory occurring .  

 Cocher aux basques du temps  
 sensation  
 sans que reflet ne vienne .  

 Scare the pigeon  
 with a slow gesture  
 without getting dust .  

 Skin the Dream Rabbit  
 out of bed  
 without remorse reaching .  

 clear the plain  
 to the breath of draft animals  
 without the end of the day  .  

 Snuff out the candles  
 between thumb and forefinger  
 without running or burning .  

 Raising the bulwark  
 by slow ascent  
 without the cheers of the crowd  
 psalmodier quelques reflets de lumière .  


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