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J.-K. Huysmans: 01 – Roccoco Japonais (Le Drageoir aux épices)

Joris-Karl Huysmans

(1849-1907)

Le Drageoir aux épices (1874)


I. Roccoco Japonais

O toi dont l’oeil est noir, les tresses noires, les chairs blondes, écoute-moi, ô ma folâtre louve!

J’aime tes yeux fantasques, tes yeux qui se retroussent sur les tempes; j’aime ta bouche rouge comme une baie de sorbier, tes joues rondes et jaunes; j’aime tes pieds tors, ta gorge roide, tes grands ongles lancéolés, brillants comme des valves de nacre.

J’aime, ô mignarde louve, ton énervant nonchaloir, ton sourire alangui, ton attitude indolente, tes gestes mièvres.

J’aime, ô louve câline, les miaulements de ta voix, j’aime ses tons ululants et rauques, mais j’aime par-dessus tout, j’aime à en mourir, ton nez, ton petit nez qui s’échappe des vagues de ta chevelure, comme une rose jaune éclose dans un feuillage noir!

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