Jacques de Rouge

The wandering pilgrim

Of poetic seekings

Drifted away once again

Oppose the Homeland Paris

And into the Heart of Italy

Known for many feats

Though,

One was in particular

Unmistakable

It is the City of Dante



Firenze, in a frenzy

Have manifested itself

In the Golden Light

Of heavenly stars to be

Alive with all characters

Past and passed.

Opening wide behind

Lorenzo Ghiberti’s

The Gates of Paradise

Dante himself emerged

From the centre

Of the Florence Baptistery

And ascended toward the light

The opening of Hope and Stars

Among the rings of Heaven

Jacques de Rouge followed,

In pursuit.

And kneeled before him,

As Dante stopped and stood

With the Eagle!

In Piazza di Santa Croce.



When Jacques de Rouge stood

In a shadow at Palazzo Vecchio

The shadow revolved like

Da Vinci’s Helicopter

With what seemed like

A bulging knot at the end.

Barely missed his head

Jacques de Rouge

Realized the swings

Were from the slingshot

Of none other than

That of the one masculinity

Of all masculinity

Michelangelo's David.



His marble complexion transformed

Almost ever so light and faintly

Into a smooth and pale flesh.

Jacques cast his eyes down

In an unavoidable instinct of shame.

When he looked up, the flesh

Is now a single dangling foot

Seconds from stepping into

The Niche of Orsanmichele

And approaching his beloved Christ.

Amen, and he proceeded.

Discreetly into the Secrets of Sandro Botticelli,

That which is secured marvelously

As the Standing Monument of

Giotto’s Bell Tower

And

Brunelleschi's Dome.



The Three Graces danced

The Venus stood in the classical position.

And one woman looked wearily at Jacques

Staring into his eyes.

And yes, Heaven it was.

As Jacques stood in the illusion of the weightless contrapposto.

I am no...Annie Leibovitz
weilding frames per second
in an angled lens
while you tilt your head back
to laugh at whatever it was
that I said.
It's beautiful.
The sound of your laughter
filling in-between pauses
like music,
so sweet and so dear
but I am no Henry Purcell.
The Fairy-Queen lilts like a bell.
It's all so much like magic
how tragic it is
to have your eyes see mine
and still never know I exist.
I am no Girl With A Pearl Earring
I just find you endearing
how if Sandro had found you
decades ago
You would be Venus
and I would be Picasso.
Both so different yet striking
and maybe you'd know
You are my everything.

For all these years,
One lesson learnt:

The Line:
Pioned.
The ethereal days:
Forgotten.
The stones and the grass:
Pioned.
Every vision, henceforth,
A mark.

You are a venerable student of The Line,
Why not see it as Peter Paul Rubens saw it?
Why not see it as Osman saw it?
Why not see it as Rembrandt saw it?
Why not see it as old Blake saw it?
Why not see it as Sandro saw it?
Why not see it as Hermes Trismegistus saw it?
Why not see it as old Palmer saw it?
Why not see it as Marc Chagall saw it?

A vision of The Line,
As the old masters saw it.

Come,
Let us sit.

Let us burn firewood.

Let us practice The Line within chambers of the mind.

If you remain studious, deep into the night,
You shall hold the mark.
You shall part the waters.
You shall move between the swells.
You shall till the earth,
Striking iron against iron,
Creating new Lines!
And when you master the six realms of sight,
And wear the seven, sacred heads in the afterlife,
Remember Hermes Trismegistus
And those who stand at the centre of The Line.

Lord of the Rings,
pinning Kingpins
then Kinging-kings,
Mexi-can
and some can't
you stand a slump chance
peripheral vision, no glance
B-boy stance, more ***** than lance
I'll battle your whole camp,
blowing your speakers, Amp'd
revamped, and clamp't
now i'm stepping over you tramps,
those silly rants, got you stamp'd
for getting carried away-
u can't see my BARS- this ain't Saint Patrick's day.
ever since i started rapping this way,
ya'll flows start'n to look like paper mache
I made so much REAL, paper today, but
these Cheeseheads playing keep away, holding this Green Bay Packer at Bay, they ******* up the play, like a rain delay, feeling like putting the refs, to rest, for the rest of the day.Either way, my pocket's Fannie May, and the Lambo feel Cray, so like Sandro, they go pay, top dollar, no topay. I treat BARS and money the same way-  up-up and away- so quick, you'd think I'm saving the day. But i'm no HERO, I dont swing that way. Villian on scene, looking for a fight. I Wonder Women- when they see, My D.C. then left Superman all ******, for acting tight. i guess that make me a Cript -tonight.

Jacques de Rouge

The wandering pilgrim

Of poetic seekings

Drifted away once again

Oppose the Homeland Paris

And into the Heart of Italy

Known for many feats

Though,

One was in particular

Unmistakable

It is the City of Dante



Firenze, in a frenzy

Have manifested itself

In the Golden Light

Of heavenly stars to be

Alive with all characters

Past and passed.

Opening wide behind

Lorenzo Ghiberti’s

The Gates of Paradise

Dante himself emerged

From the centre

Of the Florence Baptistery

And ascended toward the light

The opening of Hope and Stars

Among the rings of Heaven

Jacques de Rouge followed,

In pursuit.

And kneeled before him,

As Dante stopped and stood

With the Eagle!

In Piazza di Santa Croce.



When Jacques de Rouge stood

In a shadow at Palazzo Vecchio

The shadow revolved like

Da Vinci’s Helicopter

With what seemed like

A bulging knot at the end.

Barely missed his head

Jacques de Rouge

Realized the swings

Were from the slingshot

Of none other than

That of the one masculinity

Of all masculinity

Michelangelo's David.



His marble complexion transformed

Almost ever so light and faintly

Into a smooth and pale flesh.

Jacques cast his eyes down

In an unavoidable instinct of shame.

When he looked up, the flesh

Is now a single dangling foot

Seconds from stepping into

The Niche of Orsanmichele

And approaching his beloved Christ.

Amen, and he proceeded.

Discreetly into the Secrets of Sandro Botticelli,

That which is secured marvelously

As the Standing Monument of

Giotto’s Bell Tower

And

Brunelleschi's Dome.



The Three Graces danced

The Venus stood in the classical position.

And one woman looked wearily at Jacques

Staring into his eyes.

And yes, Heaven it was.

As Jacques stood in the illusion of the weightless contrapposto.

Una selva suntuosa
en el azul celeste su rudo perfil calca.
Un camino. La tierra es de color de rosa,
cual la que pinta fra Doménico Cavalca
en sus Vidas de santos. Se ven extrañas flores
de la flora gloriosa de los cuentos azules,
y entre las ramas encantadas, papemores
cuyo canto extasiara de amor a los bulbules.
(Papemor: ave rara; Bulbules: ruiseñores.)Mi alma frágil se asoma a la ventana obscura
de la torre terrible en que ha treinta años sueña.
La gentil Primavera primavera le augura.
La vida le sonríe rosada y halagüeña.
Y ella exclama: «¡Oh fragante día! ¡Oh sublime día! 
Se diría que el mundo está en flor; se diría
que el corazón sagrado de la tierra se mueve
con un ritmo de dicha; luz brota, gracia llueve.
¡Yo soy la prisionera que sonríe y que canta!»
Y las manos liliales agita, como infanta
real en los balcones del palacio paterno.¿Qué són se escucha, són lejano, vago y tierno?
Por el lado derecho del camino adelanta
el paso leve una adorable teoría
virginal. Siete blancas doncellas, semejantes
a siete blancas rosas de gracia y de harmonía
que el alba constelara de perlas y diamantes.
¡Alabastros celestes habitados por astros:
Dios se refleja en esos dulces alabastros!
Sus vestes son tejidos del lino de la luna.
Van descalzas. Se mira que posan el pie breve
sobre el rosado suelo, como una flor de nieve.
Y los cuellos se inclinan, imperiales, en una
manera que lo excelso pregona de su origen.
Como al compás de un verso su suave paso rigen.
Tal el divino Sandro dejara en sus figuras
esos graciosos gestos en esas líneas puras.
Como a un velado són de liras y laúdes,
divinamente blancas y castas pasan esas
siete bellas princesas. Y esas bellas princesas
son las siete Virtudes.Al lado izquierdo del camino y paralela-
mente, siete mancebos -oro, seda, escarlata,
armas ricas de Oriente- hermosos, parecidos
a los satanes verlenianos de Ecbatana,
vienen también. Sus labios sensuales y encendidos,
de efebos criminales, son cual rosas sangrientas;
sus puñales, de piedras preciosas revestidos
-ojos de víboras de luces fascinantes-,
al cinto penden; arden las púrpuras violentas
en los jubones; ciñen las cabezas triunfantes
oro y rosas; sus ojos, ya lánguidos, ya ardientes,
son dos carbunclos mágicos del fulgor sibilino,
y en sus manos de ambiguos príncipes decadentes
relucen como gemas las uñas de oro fino.
Bellamente infernales,
llenan el aire de hechiceros veneficios
esos siete mancebos. Y son los siete vicios,
los siete poderosos pecados capitales.Y los siete mancebos a las siete doncellas
lanzan vivas miradas de amor. Las Tentaciones.
De sus liras melifluas arrancan vagos sones.
Las princesas prosiguen, adorables visiones
en su blancura de palomas y de estrellas.Unos y otras se pierden por la vía de rosa,
y el alma mía queda pensativa a su paso.
-¡Oh! ¿Qué hay en ti, alma mía?
¡Oh! ¿Qué hay en ti, mi pobre infanta misteriosa?
¿Acaso piensas en la blanca teoría?
¿Acaso
los brillantes mancebos te atraen, mariposa?Ella no me responde.
Pensativa se aleja de la obscura ventana
-pensativa y risueña,
de la Bella-durmiente-del-bosque tierna hermana-,
y se adormece en donde
hace treinta años sueña.Y en sueño dice: «¡Oh dulces delicias de los cielos!
¡Oh tierra sonrosada que acarició mis ojos!
-¡Princesas, envolvedme con vuestros blancos velos!
-¡Príncipes, estrechadme con vuestros brazos rojos!»