Calligrammes/La Cravate et la montre

La bibliothèque libre.
Calligrammes
Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre (1913-1916)
Mercure de France (p. 50).
LA CRAVATE ET LA MONTRE


LA CR AVATE

DOU
LOU
REUSE
QUE TU
PORTES
ET QUI T’
ORNE, Ô CI
VILISÉ
COMME LONÔTE-TU VEUX
S’A M U S ELABIEN
BISIRESPI
ENRER


                                                                 les               la
                                                               heures
                                          et le                                           beau
                                      vers                               Mon
                                  dantesque                            cœur               
                              luisant et
                          cadavérique                                                              de
                                                                                                                 la
                      le bel                          Il                                       les
                  inconnu                          est         Et                       yeux         vie
                                                                  tout                                       pas
                                                              5      se
              les muses                                en    ra                                             se
            aux portes de                            fin    fi
              ton corps                                         ni                              l’enfant     la

                                                                                                                     dou
                                                                                                                 leur
                  l’infini
                    redressé                                                               Agla
                      par un fou                                                                         de
                           de philosophe                                                        mou

                                                                                                         rir

                                        semaine                              la main


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