{"id":5792,"date":"2026-08-18T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lalorrainedesecrivains.fr\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2026-08-18T13:54:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:54:20","slug":"rivieres-de-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lalorrainedesecrivains.fr\/?p=5792","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab\u00a0Rivi\u00e8res de m\u00e9tal\u00a0\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/lalorrainedesecrivains.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Philippe-Claudel_Nos-si-proches-Orients-OK.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lieux \u00e9voqu\u00e9s : Longwy, Moyeure, Joeuf, Hom\u00e9court, Villerupt, Neuves-Maisons, Rombas, Vall\u00e9e de la Fensch, Pompey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00ab \u00c0 Longwy, dans la vall\u00e9e de la Fensch, comme \u00e0 Moyeuvre, \u00e0 Joeuf, \u00e0 Hom\u00e9court, \u00e0 Villerupt, \u00e0 Neuves-Maisons, \u00e0 Rombas, \u00e0 Pompey, la sid\u00e9rurgie a fait couler loin de ses sources ses rivi\u00e8res de m\u00e9tal en fusion, laissant aux villes qu\u2019elle a jadis cr\u00e9\u00e9es ou agrandies des friches, des plaies, de vieux r\u00eaves de fortune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parfois, le paysage et les hommes ont voulu effacer ce bonheur d\u2019un si\u00e8cle, le faire dispara\u00eetre pour qu\u2019il ne reste plus rien, comme on br\u00fble une lettre, un v\u00eatement qui nous retient trop parce qu\u2019il garde en lui le sourire d\u2019une personne ch\u00e8re et perdue&nbsp;: Pompey a ras\u00e9 son usine, tout comme Hom\u00e9court a ras\u00e9 la sienne, autour de laquelle elle avait prosp\u00e9r\u00e9 et qui demandait autant de minerai que d\u2019hommes, de charbon que de bras embauch\u00e9s tr\u00e8s loin sur la promesse de billets tendus dans les songes de pauvres Polonais, de jeunes Italiens qui virent l\u00e0 leur Klondike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019usine est morte. Devenue invisible. Ray\u00e9e. Radi\u00e9e. Ni\u00e9e peut-\u00eatre par certains. Regrett\u00e9e toujours. \u00c0 sa place, d\u2019immenses champs ingrats, des landes artificielles, un terre-plein central o\u00f9 poussent les orties, les supermarch\u00e9s de la crise et des caf\u00e9t\u00e9rias, caf\u00e9s sans \u00e2me -\u00ad ceux du XXI<sup>e <\/sup>si\u00e8cle&nbsp;? &#8211;<sup>\u00ad <\/sup>entre les chiendents et les rares violettes, les verrues commerciales bard\u00e9es de lumi\u00e8res affol\u00e9es o\u00f9 l\u2019on sacrifie chaque week-end, attir\u00e9 \u00e0 coup de promotions et de r\u00e9clames, au culte du sport, du jardinage, du bricolage, de la chaussure, de l\u2019alimentation congel\u00e9e, et d\u2019o\u00f9 l\u2019on repart, poussant un chariot plein, l\u00e0 m\u00eame o\u00f9 d\u2019autres chariots furent jadis pouss\u00e9s, eux aussi. 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