Friday, March 17, 2006

‘Gift of War’

Stained ruby port
Faux
Shagreen
Covered wooden
Box
Embossed
Gilt
Fleur-de-Lys
Border
Watermarks like
Dripped blood
Dried brown
Tarnished clasp
Intact
Hinges roll
Revealing
Dirty cream
Lining
Blooming
With blue ink
Roped
Padded base
Husks
Of perished
Fleas
In every nook
Perfume of time
Lifting
Soft
Lid silk
Backed in
French text;
SANCTIFICATION DU LEVER
‘ …les résoulutions que vous m’avez soutenez-moi par votre grâce, afin……
puisse dire de nous ce que l’ Evangne…
Jésus-Christ: Il a bien fait toutes….
Pour cela, il faut avoir soin de…’
(‘The decisions that you advise me support me by your grace in order to…
provide and tell us of the Gospel…
Jesus-Christ: he is good to serve you all…
For he needs to have care of…’)
‘…mais que toutes mes pensées, mes paroles…
tendent à l’accomplissement…
Jésus-Christ par…
trés-sainte Vierge, des sainte…
(‘…but that all my thoughts, my words…
holder of the accomplishments….
Jesus-Christ by…
Most holy Virgin, the saint…)



c Lauren McCarthy 2006 with French Bible text