Les brassards de ma mère
Les brassards de ma mère
Maman, te souviens-tu de ton premier métier
En arrivant à l’île Maurice
A l’âge de vingt-cinq ans ?
J’avais quatre ans.
Souvent je me tenais devant ta table
Pour te regarder travailler
Sur ta machine à coudre.
Toi qui n’étais pas baptisée
Tu passais des heures à produire
Des brassards de premier communiant.
En tant que commis au magasin Ng Cheng Hin
Où ces articles étaient mis en vente,
C’est papa qui t’avait initiée
A en fabriquer pour les mettre en consignation.
Clifford Ng Kwet Chan
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