Flower Boy with a Pearl Earring
Abandoned in the cradle [1] The innocent inside a basket and […] into the stream [2] A baby that knows neither father nor mother [3] With more than the boldness of the Papal [4] But little does he dream to what a home he is returning [5] a brother
A monastery is no place for him Who has no stock of sins laid in, So numerous and great That be it early, be it late He may not miss the sweet delight Of penance for a heart contrite [6]
As other miracles are wont to be done, This was done divinely, in the infant [7]
Amid the fierce embrace of circling fires [8] So boils the imprison'd flood, forbid to flow, [8] The waters foam, the heavy smoke aspires: [8] And choked with vapours feels his bottom glow [8] This jetting font hath no source [2] The child rises up, in a haven safe The gratuitous liberality of God the Father, of course [9] Lenny Bellardo rise, divinely brave! [8]
In the cloister of an impenetrable night [6] The cloister of an idle conscience and consciousness of sin [6] Filled with nothing but the phantoms of memory [6] Most curious […] that there is no human in sight [10] The prosperity of a nation does not lie therein [11] The ship, the monastery, […] the phalanstery [12]
Ludwig Wittgenstein a salient architectural act [13] The prophet that hath a dream [7] Lenny welcomed safely on his pave The open field remaining in tact [14], by virtue of tact [15] Might seem a vain illusion to deem [16] Rise, divinely brave! [8]
Accoutrements of the baby abandoned at birth [17] A pearl earring, the Holy Bible, and a pipe The contemplation of these celebrated relics [18] During his abode on earth [19] A clear extension of an architectural prototype [20] Claims to direct instruction in Divine or angelic [15]
Man’s speech cannot comprehend [21] Pouring out in a flood upon that adored hand [1] To comprehend all that God could do [7] A child has much to learn before it can pretend [22] Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand [23] Whether the fortune I perforce pursue [24]
The only guardian, the young boy really knew Comfort, inspiration, education and admiration The House Wittgenstein, personified from his point of view Ludwig offered it all, To the growing Lenny Dressed up like a doll [25]
The boy perched himself on the altar cheek [6] To design, cut, put together and sew a gown [26] With a shove and a kick chucked them all of a heap [6] And she presented her other cheek [27] Lenny’s heritage destined for frown Relief in his mother’s earring he found
A time to rend, and a time to sew; [23] A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; [23] He can handle the spade and hoe [11] Farming Angélique, The monastery is a renunciation [27] Several […] survived the song of the Sirens, But none their silence [15]
And fixed Stars, like twinkling Diamonds, placed About this Earring, which a World is vast. Lightnings, Thunder, and great Winds may blow Within this Earring, yet the Ear not know [28] Adjusting her eyebrow line a bit Changing the shade of her powder and [29] lip
Pious character, loving to blend the aims of culture [30] A reflection that exists only because of someone else’s gaze, Henceforth, she went by the name Divine Tension God was represented by an eye, Nature by a vulture [20] While, beneath the mask, the face lives in shadow [31] To set her heart aglow [32], existence depends on edifying pretensions [12]
Lenny lauds my doctrine, and yet tries to tear it to bits [33] Ludwig remains still unable to speak [29] You will be frightened out of your wits [5] So Divine Tension blushes his cheeks He wears evening dress and the most elegant clothes’ [34] Wrapped in a sumptuous garment [35] Ludwig’s ready for prose to Lenny apposed No space for unctuous debarment
From one clear and living font alone [36] Out of the baptismal font! [1] Springs the sweet and bitter that I feed on [36] Through the holy font [37] Those who have been reborn [37]
I indeed have baptized you with water: But he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost [23] Your parents never drew that name for you [1] To baptize, Divine Tension In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost [38]
My work consists of two parts: The one presented here plus all that I have not [15]
Divine Tension lies in solace and the quest of fun, Until the bell for lauds had started ringing [39] Order is the distribution [40] No idle slip of a tongue [41] Vespers were sung [42] And in the chancel friars began their singing [39] No chance of confusion [29] Things equal and unequal, each to its own place [40] God, our Lord, that He will always keep you in His Holy Grace [43]
The path that has been paved I’m the Pope [..] the day I die [...] going to remain Pope [44] What pleasure […] takes in hearing himself praised [45] For her message to clang around the globe To have your spellbinding street performance [46] Above the city abolishing all conformance
A picture is worth a thousand words [47] The brightest and most attractive scene in sight [48] Droning propellers and whining Sirens [49] Destiny cannot be deffered Exuberantly performed tonight The next morning, the mannequin Went straight to the Vatican [50]
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