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Charles Cros: Un immense désespoir

C h a r l e s   C r o s

(1842-1888)

  

U n   i m m e n s e   d é s e s p o i r

 

Un immense désespoir

Noir

M’atteint

Désormais, je ne pourrais

M’égayer au rose et frais

Matin.

 

Et je tombe dans un trou

Fou,

Pourquoi

Tout ce que j’ai fait d’efforts

Dans l’Idéal m’a mis hors

La Loi ?

 

Satan, lorsque tu tombas

Bas,

Au moins

Tu payais tes voeux cruels,

Ton crime avait d’immortels

Témoins.

 

Moi, je n’ai jamais troublé,

Blé,

L’espoir

Que tu donnes aux semeurs

Cependant, puni, je meurs

Ce soir.

 

J’ai fait à quelque animal

Mal

Avec

Une badine en chemin,

Il se vengera demain

Du bec.

 

Il me crèvera les yeux

Mieux

Que vous

Avec l’épingle à chapeau

Femmes, au contact de peau

Si doux.


Charles Cros poetry

k e m p i s   p o e t r y   m a g a z i n e

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