Roses of de Lenclos

    ;Et Legatus Dicit/ Diplomat Speaks;

     ;ROSES OF DE LENCLOS;
          ;РОЗЫ де ЛАНКЛО;

Century XX:

I doubt and repine; science is the only thing that makes me fine.

Century XXI:

But I enjoy the freedom in abundance,
Repenting for your sins is just a finger bowl,
An argument of little substance.

Century XX:

Have fear of God!

Century XXI:

Oh, no! Neither fear nor disgrace…
I am dauntless and your sorrows aren’t my pace!

Century XX:

Ergo, how would you dwell
Whilst craving for peace in the empty shell?

Century XXI:

You started lightly-dressed but ended tightly-bridled.
I wish I could forget you, wipe you from my mind,
But you have lost your innocence before inventing dynamite.
While glancing all around I find the fruits of your pernicious habits,
And even being subtly tuned, I am not inclined to playing gambits!

Century XX:

You tread the ground with your feet
But see the world in twilight sleep.
You should have wondered and explored
The outcome of such a mental fraud.

Century XIX:

If I may be so bold,
I’d like to strike into debate
And as a neighboring maid of honor
To utter a few words to move it out of the gaping yawner.
I was embellished with the glittering gold
For not to gain my ends in a diminished copper mould.

Your humanism has gone in vain!
And what a depravation of your cynicism
That’s worthy less than pebbles in my shoes and grain!
I’ve mourned you to my very marrow:
”Do not get tempted by the sins of sorrow!”
And what my eyes are witnessing today?
The fallen spirit played you off the stage and holly ray!

Century XVIII:

My dear friends, like-minded fellows!
I wish you follow my enchanting path
And praise no more the failures aftermath.
Instead, you are to study a reflection
Of the enlightened hearts
Embraced by sheer affection!
When your debate dies off
You are to gain a blissful sight from that day forth.
The Lord preserved us from a fatal flaw
For not entailing wilt on balmy roses of de Lenclos.
 
Roxolana Zigon
18-07-2022