Reverdy, Pierre

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Behind the Eyelids

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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 Behind The Eyelids Pierre Reverdy  Pierre Reverdy BEHIND THE EYELIDS Inside the tree—stars, images and electric wires sketching flashes of lightning. In the center the characters are dancing on a cloud which does not move. The hand of a sleeping child flutters around the lights— without touching them. Kneeling before the hearth, he says a prayer. And in the darkness where everybody is spinning round and round—in blackness—the war goes on. In the city where the sunlight of old is dying, the war goes on. The bed is rolling down the path leading to the roof. And the head, smiling at the dream, full of chimes and plans of glory, keeps going. From La balle au bond  Translated from the French  by Michel Delville 

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