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From "Mots d'Heures: Gousses, Rames"
 

van Rooten 
Luis d'Antin van Rooten
(1906-1973)

No.7:
"Jacques
s'apprête"

d'Antin's verse:

Jacques s'apprête
Coulis de nos fête.1
Et soif que dites nos lignes.2
Et ne sauve bédouine tempo3 y aussi,
Telle y que de plat terre, cligne.4
"strangely familiar" homophone:

L. d'A. van Rooten's illuminating notes:

1.  Coulis, a sort of strained broth. Jacques was either a sauce chef or an invalid.
2.  Jacques was also an alcoholic, since his thirst is beyond description.
3.  He was fond of Arab music.
4.  He believed the earth was flat. The last word of the line, meaning "wink," is obviously a stage direction. Poor Jacques, whoever he was, was obviously considered a fool.

Check out some more "mots":

No.1: "Un petit d'Un Petit"
No.6: Et qui rit des curés d'Oc?
No.7: Jacques s'apprête
No.8: Pis-terre, pis-terre
No.10: Lit-elle messe, moffette
No.13: L'île déjà accornée
No.16: Reine, reine
No.17: Pas de caïque

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