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Le Savetier

Stéphane Mallarmé

Hors de la poix rien à faire
Le lys naît blanc, comme odeur
Simplement je le préfère
À ce bon raccommodeur.

Il va de cuir à ma paire
Adjoindre plus que je n’eus
Jamais, cela désespère
Un besoin de talons nus.

Son marteau qui ne dévie
Fixe de clous gouailleurs
Sur la semelle l’envie
Toujours conduisant ailleurs.

Il recréerait des souliers,
O pieds! si vous le vouliez!
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From Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé | 1897
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