Tag: mythology
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Collision colossal
Maidens with swollen teats which are teased and teethed in the Roman dreams of wet ephebes I went to Thebes in robes, all roads Romegoing but not this one, indeed, I went east to Greece My route leads by Rhodes, the boat-choked passage ridged by cart-bloated roads Where a stonebooted colossus casts veed his shadow…
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Paddyonthemove
Fulco of Ireland served alongside Charlemagne of the flame retardant cloak and raiment There showing shrewdness, piety and bravery, thereby was he raised And married raised a family, to this day the name Scoti is conveyed James of Ireland, who accompanied Odoric of Pordenone from occident to orient His glorious travels were widely reported, dictated…
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In darkness navigating ships
In the dark, John McGahren Night star spangled, unfurling banner Steer us through, ample captain, Nelson Legacy, Jak and Daxter Tax it, wet it with sweat, or I’ll lash you bastards! Mush mush the drummond struck did push We averted myriad disasters Thanking any bloody God after Cannon melody, captain’s vanity Naval tragedy, Salamis or…
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My role at ragnarok
The word in throat your highness The third toke chokes, high in this Back shed, pure in my defiance Spurning all alliance, turncloak My rage is age of iron, wroth Cold as Hoth my heart bound in iron confines Chains of great weight, as bade Fenrir stay Until the final, violent, schismal day, a dismal…
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Recession of floodwaters, return of black lands
Beware of the dog sign in late July When the fertile Nile is rising Climbing up a duned horizon Effluvial waters grey and brown as are found brackish in old outhouses Leaving departure arrival a wake alluvial He has flown with his wounds from his tomb Three days entombed, he arises to bloom Osiris in…
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