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MAX JACOB: DÉSIR

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Max Jacob
(1876 – 1944)

Désir

Deux cous comme deux serpents
ne savent où ils se posent
deux baisers ferment la rose
ils ont la saveur du sang

Pays caché par l’habit
ce corps blanc qui me subit,
tu m’es la natale terre
de ma grêle et mon tonnerre

Qu’importe si l’enfer en tremble
si le ciel m’ôte pitié on meurt
de soif d’être ensemble
au même buisson liés

Bûche au foyer devient cendre!
et le désir de chacun?
la ferraille d’un scaphandre
sur un visage défunt

Aphrodite est la merveille
toujours nouvelle,
emplumée toujours espoir
se réveille qui toujours part en fumée

Quel refrain, la flatterie!
vain refrain deviendra gris
refrain de l’Avril mépris
Agenouille-toi et prie.

Max Jacob poetry
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