Reverdy, Pierre

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© Providence College  The author(s) permits users to copy, distribute, display, and perform this work under the following conditions: (1) the original author(s) must be given proper attribution; (2) this work may not be used for commercial purposes; (3) the users may not alter, transform, or build upon this work; (4) users must make the license terms of this work clearly known for any reuse or distribution of this work. Upon request, as holder of this work’s copyright, the author(s) may waive any or all of these conditions.  The Prose Poem: An International Journal is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) for the Providence College Digital Commons. http://digitalcommons.providence.edu/prosepoems/ THE PROSE POEM: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL  Volume 8 | 1999 Combat Area Pierre Reverdy  Pierre Reverdy COMBAT AREA On the empty chamber there is an aureole. The plants bordering the fringes of the roof down to the roots and even the blond leaves bring shadow. The fourth wall goes further back. Further than the angle where the curtain is sighing. Higher than the pitch-black night and the shifting smoke from the factory. People are singing next to the empty chamber, against the roof, near the star. There is an aureole which is not the moon, a brightness which is not a lamp. But a black square on the dark earth. And this square, the empty chamber. From La balle au bond Translated from the French  by Michel Delville 

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