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Of Thorns and Foes: a Rondeau by Dramshanks
Runner Up for January 2014
In Glomdoring the thorns they grow
and bury deep where darker waters flow.
Pricking flesh as seconds tick, eternal blight,
but constant memory of this place, of Night.
There are no better teachers, save a worthy foe.
We are dead in dullness until the Wyrden seeds do sow
the oiled machinations of witches and Crow.
Who knew that eyes could find such sight
in Glomdoring?
So now they pray for a final blow.
They yearn to see the thorned rose grow
no more, alas! How can you hope to fight
when but a pebble faces a mountain in sight?
Dear child, hope you to be who did bring us low
in Glomdoring?