Decembre


No one slept last night 
 
No one ? 
 
Even people who went to bed 
 
Sorry, but how do you know that?
 
Because of the full moon 
 
As it happens, its full tonight 
 
It keeps people like us awake 
 
Without the moon the world is nothing
 
I would not say that 
 
You are wrong 
 
The tides 
 
The nocturnal illuminations 
 
The eclipses
 
I was in Cornwall in 1999
 
It was spectacular
 
I was in Cornwall in 1999
 
I saw the eclipse 
 
It was so crowded 
 
Cars were parked in fields 
 
I experienced a complete joy 
 
And a complete unhappiness at the same time
 
My then boyfriend took me to a nudist beach 
 
As it was less crowded 
 
Yes I remember seeing you there 
 
How would you remember me after all these years
 
I remember the small birthmark on your left thigh 
 
And you had Gerard Philipe tattooed on you lower back 
 
You must have loved me even then 
 
I did 
 
Do you love me now 
 
I do 
 
You will have to share me with Gerard 
 
I am aware of that 
 
I am in love with you 
 
I am in love with your unusual beauty 
 
And remember that without beauty the world is nothing