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in a chamber sat the dark lord and his son, baldc
at a table long with all manner of meat, root, and bread
"giving lord, feed us... our children go hungry."
pleaded the folk from his narrow window
"come here, and feed you all i will" he said
they stood in queue, one by one, two by two
then he cut out their tongues and their children's tongues
and from his mouth he placed firey words into theirs
then he branded their eyes and their children's eyes
he admired his work and commanded
"cry out now, and serve with my minions."
"take, grab, take, grab, take, grab, seize..."
at the decorated gate they all gathered
armored men from the garden realm
distant men from an island long
blind men now full of fire -
behind glorious gates lay tracks of land
though water was made poison and streets ruined
the land was not barren as was told
early prospectors still held strong
verdant signs there were of living, working, playing
in the land now called fallow
"take the land as yours and build me a fortress to keep safe my white beast."
dark lord commanded
"and those who oppose, my lord?" asked an armored soldier
as he pointed to a cooking fire in a tall building
"i care not" he quipped "break the ground and then break them all."
a weighty beefeater descended onto the beast
flapping its wings and hissing a song of praise
"hazzah hazzah... the white beast of dark king
trallah trallah... what fortune it shall bring"
it was mharti, familiar of dark lord
festooned in finery yet frail the beast had
translucent skin that barely hid slate blue veins
and large doughy ears like uncooked hardtack
its long snout hung listless between tusks a-broken
as it hobbled in its enclosure neath the weight
of gold, gems, and mharti -
a legend told of the coming of an immortal, noble beast
in 10th year of the new age
it had skin like alabaster and eyes like emeralds and a voice like thunder
white beast would reward eternal wealth to all who would worship it
wealth to their children, and their children's children
and their children's children's children
but dark lord was devious and played many tricks
noble folk were called vulgar, the righteous were painted as demons
and in a wooden enclosure a sickly common animal
in fine robes blinked its pink watery eyes
was this creature at all a magical beast?
lawmakers and politicians needed to believe it
religious men and bankers needed to believe it
news makers and desperate folk needed to believe it -
[quote="Karl the Druid"]a legend told of the coming of an immortal, noble beast
in 10th year of the new age
it had skin like alabaster and eyes like emeralds and a voice like thunder
white beast would reward eternal wealth to all who would worship it
wealth to their children, and their children's children
and their children's children's children
but dark lord was devious and played many tricks
noble folk were called vulgar, the righteous were painted as demons
and in a wooden enclosure a sickly common animal
in fine robes blinked its pink watery eyes
was this creature at all a magical beast?
lawmakers and politicians needed to believe it
religious men and bankers needed to believe it
news makers and desperate folk needed to believe it[/quote
I think with a decent camera and an violin or harpist, you could do a reading as the tractors begin to crush the buildings and it will really be epic -
catwalkertexasranger wrote: I think with a decent camera and an violin or harpist, you could do a reading as the tractors begin to crush the buildings and it will really be epic
small men gathered to kiss its large flat feet -
"good folk, lock you doors!"
on a village street the prospectors proclaimed
as a guillotine fell in effigy
removing the head of the white beast
the prospectors protested the taking of their homes
yet this small gesture did ignite desiccated minds of deciduous men
"heretics! fools! infidels!" they protested through the high fence
ephemeral intentions now burned in each
as religious men lay with monetary men
as uncertain men, with unstable men
and money changers with thieves
what odd bedfellow they had all become
and on this prelude night before 10th year of the new age
on a night so frigid
the tavern was warm, sanguine, and crowded with life
in land that deciduous men declared barren and fallow -
morning broke into the dark lords chamber with a hiss
"hazzah, the birthday of my master is nigh."
from his beak mharti dropped a sealed letter, "a message from a kievan king"
he rubbed his hands nervously, "hast the window so i may see."
and from the wordless paper fell a map and key with an inscription
he handed mahrti a pouch "make haste and let yourself not be seen"
the portly raven hobbled to the sill and took flight
and how well knew mahrti the route
for many secret deeds have travelled on this path before
but many restless nights dark lord had
in the year of the rooster was born the dark lord
and as the tiger year would soon arrive
he had horrible dark horse dreams of a rogue knight
born in the year of the snake
brandishing not a saber nor pistol
but a pen -
in a nearby shadowy land lived a grotesque creature
al bahni it was called
it had one eye, three large mouths like gaping wounds
and ears so small that one would think it could not hear at all
all these sat divided among three heads
atop one corputlent belly
three men they once were
each cursed with a gluttonous disease
all three fed themselves continually
eventually feeding on themselves
until they became one heinous monstrosity
but dark lord was a giving lord
he kept his pet well stocked in fodder
it sang a torrid tune as it ate
"for betterment of man, i eat i eat"
"the little common man, defeat defeat"
"from an acorn to a chestnut, a treat a treat"
the silver head coughed
and from it throat was flung a broken gavel from a fallen judge
"who will judge me now?" is said as it paused to laugh
al bahni gorged on a feast harvested from the downstate
until it grew large enough to crush a house
but it was preened to wreak its havoc on much more -
nice piece by george will on AY boondoggle:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101367.html -
a toxic gas called "blight" al bani did manufacture
brewed from its festering swollen belly
a perfect weapon it did procure
invisible, no print to be found
no bloody trail to follow
no smell, no taste, no sound
deadly
"oh, to commit a crime so perfect" chortled dark lord
in the river town of yonkereis
a protesting cry was heard from a fallen townleader
his name, "theyhe"
he was detained with symptoms of an infectious disease
"he gave me blight! it was he! it was the blight!"
stumbling and pointing frantically
dark green blood dripping from his eyes and nose and ears
he accused what seemed to be empty space
dark lord cloaked in invisibility simply walked away
yet something was amiss
a cold shiver coursed through his blood as he hastened his gate
on that river town street, in that very town square
a dark horse rogue knight, born in the year of the snake
plucked out his pen and struck a name from his long list
Howdy, Stranger!
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