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		<title>We Are Part of Those Who Keep Wake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>by Macaire Etty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2022 Poetry Curator Series]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We will keep wake up until the boundaries of insomnia<br /> We will not sleep<br /> We will pluck out the eyes of drowsiness<br /> We will pull the bed away from naive naps<br /> We are part of those who keep wake Our eyes rolled wide<br /> Blushed by the challenge<br /> Open to vigilance<br /> We will walk in front of the fire to protect the flame of awakening We will not close our eyes in honey nights’ sleep<br /> We will not sleep like bellies sated with princely dishes<br /> We will see through the fog<br /> Beyond the barbed wire fences<br /> The firefly consoling the dew We will not sleep, neither on sick nights nor tired days<br /> With smoldering eyes<br /> And the spirit erected on a brutal sunrise<br /> We will watch over the sprawling of the dancing buds It&#8217;s to the eyes that say no to drowsiness<br /> That the mysteries buried &#8230;</p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We will keep wake up until the boundaries of insomnia<br />
We will not sleep<br />
We will pluck out the eyes of drowsiness<br />
We will pull the bed away from naive naps<br />
We are part of those who keep wake</p>
<p>Our eyes rolled wide<br />
Blushed by the challenge<br />
Open to vigilance<br />
We will walk in front of the fire to protect the flame of awakening</p>
<p>We will not close our eyes in honey nights’ sleep<br />
We will not sleep like bellies sated with princely dishes<br />
We will see through the fog<br />
Beyond the barbed wire fences<br />
The firefly consoling the dew</p>
<p>We will not sleep, neither on sick nights nor tired days<br />
With smoldering eyes<br />
And the spirit erected on a brutal sunrise<br />
We will watch over the sprawling of the dancing buds</p>
<p>It&#8217;s to the eyes that say no to drowsiness<br />
That the mysteries buried under veils reveal themselves<br />
We will not sleep<br />
We will not experience the joy of bed<br />
So long as the daughter of our torrid rides:<br />
FREEDOM,<br />
Runs Through the meshes of our brains!</p>
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<p><strong>NOUS SOMMES DE CEUX QUI VEILLENT</strong></p>
<p>Nous veillerons jusqu’aux pieds de l’insomnie<br />
Nous ne dormirons pas<br />
Nous arracherons les yeux à la somnolence<br />
Nous tirerons le lit du dessous des siestes naïves<br />
Nous sommes de ceux qui veillent</p>
<p>Nos yeux révulsés larges<br />
Rougis par l’enjeu<br />
Ouverts à la vigilance<br />
Nous marcherons devant le feu pour protéger la flamme de l’éveil</p>
<p>Nous ne fermerons pas l’œil du sommeil des nuits de miel<br />
Nous ne dormirons pas du sommeil des ventres repus de mets princiers<br />
Nous verrons au-delà de la brume<br />
Au-delà des barrières barbelées<br />
La luciole consolant la rosée</p>
<p>Nous ne dormirons pas ni la nuit lasse ni le jour las<br />
Le regard en combustion<br />
L’esprit en érection sur le lever brutal du jour<br />
Nous veillerons sur le balbutiement des bourgeons qui frétillent</p>
<p>C’est aux yeux qui disent non à l’assoupissement<br />
Que se révèlent les mystères enfouis sous les voiles<br />
Nous ne dormirons pas<br />
Nous ne connaitrons pas la joie du lit<br />
Tant que nous file par les mailles de nos cerveaux<br />
La fille de nos chevauchées torrides :<br />
LIBERTÉ !</p>
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