Le jour,
\nIls se croisaient dans leur \u00e9table et dans leur cour,
\nLeurs durs regards obstin\u00e9ment fix\u00e9s \u00e0 terre ;
\nEt tous les deux, ils s\u2019acharnaient \u00e0 soigner mieux,
\nElle, ses porcs, et lui, ses b\u0153ufs,
\nDepuis qu\u2019ils se boudaient, rogues et solitaires.<\/p>\n
Ils s\u2019\u00e9piaient du coin de l\u2019\u0153il, dans leur enclos,
\nAvec l\u2019espoir secret de se surprendre en faute.
\nMais elle \u00e9tait toujours de corps ferme et dispos
\nEt lui travaillait dur et tenait la main haute
\nSur la grange et le champ.<\/p>\n
Ils se mouvaient, pareils \u00e0 deux blocs de silence,
\nFaits de sourde rancune et d\u2019\u00e2pre violence :
\nAux trois repas, ils attablaient, farouchement,
\nFace \u00e0 face, leur double ent\u00eatement.
\nIls gloutonnaient, \u00e0 bouche pleine,
\nLeur pain compact
\nR\u00e9glant leurs coups de dents sur le tic-tac exact
\nDe l\u2019horloge de ch\u00eane ;<\/p>\n
Quand leur bru s\u2019en venait, le dimanche, les voir,
\nL\u2019un disait, \u00e0 voix haute, pesante et lente,
\nCe que l\u2019autre devait savoir
\nPour les achats et pour les ventes,
\nEt l\u2019accord se faisait, sur la somme, sans plus.
\n\u2014 Oh ! qu\u2019ils \u00e9taient ardents et r\u00e9solus
\n\u00c0 tordre d\u2019un gain minime
\nLe plus humble centime. \u2014<\/p>\n
La nuit,
\nDos \u00e0 dos, ils s\u2019\u00e9tendaient dans leur vieux lit,
\nChacun gu\u00eatant l\u2019aurore
\nPour \u00eatre seul \u00e0 travailler
\nDans le fournil ou le grenier,
\nQuand, l\u2019autre s\u2019oubliait \u00e0 reposer encore.<\/p>\n
Ainsi
\nLeur bien grandit,
\nGr\u00e2ce \u00e0 leur \u00e2cre et morne souci
\nD\u2019\u00eatre toujours, sans d\u00e9faillance et sans merci,
\nEt de vivre, durant des mois et des ann\u00e9es,
\n\u00c0 m\u00e2choire ferm\u00e9e.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"annee":[278],"poems-book":[696],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[654],"class_list":["post-15370","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-278","poems-book-les-plaines","poete-emile-verhaeren"],"yoast_head":"\n