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Notes: 18 / 1 year ago
Immortal Tusks
Together, on one fine day, we left, at no vocal request,
with great haste and no thought spared for the hereafter
A dark continent, bearing adventure’s well-worn crest,
was the destination of our erratic and impetuous quest
Whilst there we adapted, shared in tears and laughter,
befriending bleak hordes now hopelessly dispossessed
Whence natural fury did stir, bringing about grand disaster,
both communities and structures alike endured the stress
We lent aid to the distressed, laying those no longer to final rest
We helped upright buildings for those who heeded no master
We rebuilt bridges that elephant herds tread longer still after
A century from now, these forgotten things will still matter,
when even elephantine memory begins to fade, but no faster,
when our bones are ashen and have just began to scatter,
hooves with ungulate grace will still be heard to clatter thereafter
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An Ode to an Abdicated Muse - A poem demonstrating my infatuation's huge capacity for aesthetic appreciation
A Sniper's Perch [REDUX] - A short story narrating the mechanical executions and detached ponderings and reflections of a lone Russian sniper during the brutal climax of WWII
The Last Bard’s Tale [REDUX]
An Epic Poetry series (in progress)
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