deep in the lake

   Deep in the lake   
black
the intimate
the call of mystery.

Accustomed to the banks
the rose garden
lapping with ease
resistant to go further
off the springs
that the wind blows
strangely free
in front of the beast
with unreasonable gulps
digging
dry mandibles
the cupule where to grind our emotions.


510

the rose of may

   She slipped   
of light surrounded
between stone and metal
from the rough window.

Home crack
joined thought
the rose abhors
stage exit.

She entered
of the universe
in the appendix
with a soft touch.

She is a trait of Breath
widening
tearless
on the feminine of the flame.

Transparent
sleeping doe
she hatches
she disposes.



505

sleeping Messalina

 sleeping Messalina   
 within the symphonies   
 the ivy muse adorned with make-up   
 enucleates the gray face of boredom.  
    
 To the sound of cymbals and olifants   
 the knight of Trencavel   
 light up with a fiery sword   
 the pack that devours him.  
    
 Here no lantern   
 point of carabistouilles   
 according to passion   
 just some inaugural oracle.  
          
 Stay the little man   
 to callunes subject   
 loved by the gods  
 with immense tenderness   
 destined to take flight.   
   
 Little man   
 little woman   
 turn the clock   
 dangling their truths   
 social and planetary   
 in the shadow of a life of exile.  
    
 In this inextricable web   
 bruises come to term   
 nothing to say   
 apart from the silence.     

    ( Ceramics by Martine Cuenat ) 

  504

at the edge of the forest

   At the edge of the forest   
life
the helping life
life as an offering
life full of friendships
the life that weaves its way and that nothing stops
A square of greenery
where to step
such a fragile indentation
than the look itself
draw the curves of the future
A puddle of water
To have walked
ahead
towards the night
release hope
of his convenience
There remains a furrow of light
where a gap
choir
without backtracking
without bone of contention
a horn of tenderness in the heart.


503
(sculpture by Martine Cuenat)

Larmes de pluie en godille

 The dog was running   
 sur le chemin  des bergères 
 entre les fougères accoutumées.    
 
 Navré de devoir frapper   
 such a handsome man   
 at the carotid.  
    
 mom in front   
 had moved away   
 en simulation d'être pressée de rentrer.

 The rain was stinging   
 and pricked the face   
 une brume nous recouvrait.      
 
 The tide was rising   
 we could hear the surf   
 frapper les dalles de granite. 
     
 The pier was deserted   
 a sailor in his small boat   
 sculled firm   
 you will see a charge   
 ancré entre les jetées du port.  

       ( painting by GJCG )
  
502
 

at the extension of the day

   At the extension of the day   
when the night is deep
where the navigator trembles
in the face of the dangers that assail him
there is this light
this bird that heralds the earth
and the sun
when knowledge is birth
that the day is love
balloons inflate
in graceful ascent
noisy torches
scaring away the birds
like manna in the desert
when hunger grips us.
Do we measure the steps to take
matter of time
look affair
worn in place
until evening ?


501
(painting by Manon Vichy)

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