ml'k h-mwt

                               donner la mort

ainsi qu'eût su le faire 

    sans haine

    sans crainte

    sans mépris

    sans dégoût

    sans remords

    sans jugement

    sans hésitation

et sans protocole

          ni épilogue

                             l'ange 

                                                                                                     singulier

                                     dit de la mort

                                     ou du Seigneur

                  autrement dit     

                             l'envoyé

                             l'émissaire

                       ou le messager

                             le représentant

                       ou le lieu-tenant

                                            de la face invisible

                                        et du nom ineffable

                             qui n'étant que ce qu'il faisait

                                                         ce qu'il donnait en l'occurrence

                                                                                      face à face

                                                                        tel un sacrement amer

                                                                          -- une goutte de fiel en pointe de lame

                                                                                         pour le goût de la mort --

                                       n'avait d'autre visage

                                                ni d'autre regard

                                                       que celui      

                                                                                                           sublime forcément

                                                                                                           impassible

                                                                                                       et compatissant

                                                                             de sa provenance

                                                                          et de sa destination

                                      et pas même en chemin la solitude

                                                                                                       d'une existence

                                                                                                       d'une rémanence

                                                                                                  ou d'une conscience

d'un coup de glaive                                  enfin

             ou de sabre                                                  -- samouraï androgyne --        

d'un coup de grâce 

              et de glace

                                   trancher                   net 

                                   achever

                                                  cet ennui

                                                  cette peur

                                                  ce chagrin

                                                  cette honte

                                                  cette laideur

                                                  cette ornière

                                                  cette douleur

                                                  ce désespoir

                                                  cette lourdeur 

                                                  cette médiocrité

                                                  cette décrépitude

                                                  ce croupissement

                                  et libérer                  en un jaillissement neuf

                                                   le souffle

                                                   le sang

                                                   la vie

                                             ou l'âme

                                                             vers son retour

                                                                                         à la promesse

                                                                                         à la jeunesse

                                                                                                                   de son ciel et de sa terre

                                                                                                                   de son soleil et de sa mer