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Stratford, Madeleine: On the Grill (Sur le gril in English)

Portre of Stratford, Madeleine
Portre of Peters, Katarina

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Sur le gril (French)

Étendue sur le grill.
Pieds et poings liés.
Pomme en bouche comme un porc.
On allume.
Les premières flammes s’élèvent,
me lèchent les cheveux,
puis s’étouffent.
On souffle sur les bûches,
jette de l’huile sur le feu.
                                        Je brûle.

Des cendres
de paupières
s’envolent.
                                        Je vois tout.

Un parfum de fumée
dans la gorge.
Ma mâchoire craque.
Pas d’eau pour boire
ni pour un bain.

Des ombres
affamées rôdent.
                                       Je tremble.
Ils ont humé ma chair,
cherchent ma carcasse.
Ils vont me dépecer,
me manger pour dîner.
On m’offre en sacrifice à la postérité.

Leurs dents
s’enfoncent dans mes cuisses.
Bouchées saignantes
de quadriceps.
                                      Je les entends
mastiquer, m’avaler.
                                      Je ne sens rien
                                      mais je vois tout.
Ils me croient morte.
Aux innocents la bouche pleine.

L’un m’arrache la langue,
un autre me croque une oreille,
un troisième plonge la main
dans ma poitrine.
                                      Mon cœur.
Battait-il encore
quand on l’a arraché?
Une petite main avide
aux ongles sanguinolents
se tend vers mon visage.
Je ne vois plus rien.
On a mangé mes yeux.
                                     Je ne vois rien
                                     mais je sais tout.
Mon sang sèchera au soleil.
Mes os iront aux chiens.
Et ma poussière, à la poussière.



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On the Grill (English)

Stretched out on the grill.
Feet and limbs tied.
Apple in mouth as a pig.
The fire is lit.
The first flames flare,
scorch my hair,
then die.
They blow on the logs,
throw oil on the fire.
                                      I burn.

Ashes
float
on eyelids.
                                      I see it all.

A scent of smoke
in the throat.
My jaw cracks.
No water to drink
or to bathe.

Famished
shadows on the prowl.
                                      I tremble.
They smelled my flesh
and look for my carcass
They will butcher me,
devour me for lunch.
They offer me in sacrifice to posterity.

Their teeth
sink into my thighs.
Bloody bites
of quadriceps
                                      I hear them
chew and swallow me.
                                      I feel nothing
                                      but see everything.
They think I’m dead.
Full mouthed innocents.

One rips out my tongue,
another breaks off my ear,
a third one plunges a hand
into my chest.
                                      My heart.
Was it still beating
when it was snatched?
A small avid hand
with bloodsoaked nails
goes for my face.
I can no longer see.
They ate my eyes.
                                      I cannot see
                                      but know everything.
The sun will dry my blood.
Dogs will get my bones.
And my dust will go to dust.



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