Ce ne sont pas des mains d\u2019altesse,
\nDe beau pr\u00e9lat quelque peu saint.
\nPourtant une d\u00e9licatesse
\nY laisse son galbe succinct.<\/p>\n
Ce ne sont pas des mains d\u2019artiste,
\nDe po\u00e8te proprement dit,
\nMais quelque chose comme triste
\nEn fait comme un groupe en petit ;<\/p>\n
Car les mains ont leur caract\u00e8re,
\nC\u2019est tout un monde en mouvement
\nO\u00f9 le pouce et l\u2019auriculaire
\nDonnent les p\u00f4les de l\u2019aimant.<\/p>\n
Les m\u00e9t\u00e9ores de la t\u00eate
\nComme les temp\u00eates du c\u0153ur,
\nTout s\u2019y r\u00e9p\u00e8te et s\u2019y refl\u00e8te
\nPar un don logique et vainqueur.<\/p>\n
Ce ne sont pas non plus les palmes
\nD\u2019un rural ou d\u2019un faubourien ;
\nEncore leurs grandes lignes calmes
\nDisent : \u00ab Travail qui ne doit rien. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Elles sont maigres, longues, grises,
\nPhalange large, ongle carr\u00e9.
\nTels en ont aux vitraux d\u2019\u00e9glises
\nLes saints sous le rinceau dor\u00e9,<\/p>\n
Ou tels quelques vieux militaires
\nD\u00e9shabitu\u00e9s des combats
\nSe rappellent leurs longues guerres
\nQu\u2019ils narrent entre haut et bas.<\/p>\n
Ce soir elles ont, ces mains s\u00e8ches,
\nSous leurs rares poils h\u00e9riss\u00e9s,
\nDes airs sp\u00e9cialement r\u00eaches,
\nComme en proie \u00e0 d\u2019\u00e2pres pensers.<\/p>\n
Le noir souci qui les agace,
\nLeur quasi-songe aigre les font
\nFaire une sinistre grimace
\n\u00c0 leur fa\u00e7on, mains qu\u2019elles sont.<\/p>\n
J\u2019ai peur \u00e0 les voir sur la table
\nPr\u00e9m\u00e9diter l\u00e0, sous mes yeux,
\nQuelque chose de redoutable,
\nD\u2019inflexible et de furieux.<\/p>\n
La main droite est bien \u00e0 ma droite,
\nL\u2019autre \u00e0 ma gauche, je suis seul.
\nLes linges dans la chambre \u00e9troite
\nPrennent des aspects de linceul,<\/p>\n
Dehors le vent hurle sans tr\u00eave,
\nLe soir descend insidieux\u2026
\nAh ! si ce sont des mains de r\u00eave,
\nTant mieux, \u2014 ou tant pis, \u2014 ou tant mieux !<\/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":[254],"poems-book":[253],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[240],"class_list":["post-2915","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-254","poems-book-parallelement","poete-paul-verlaine"],"yoast_head":"\n