This city is dirty.
Yet it is my portal to the past that I so love,
a past that I am banished from…
“Maiden, the High Court finds you guilty of bewitchery.
You have caused our eyes stray into the dens of the Devil himself!
You will be banished by the spell of the high priest, as carried out by the court wizard.
Do you have any last words?”
“Yes. I did not choose who I am in this world.
If I have beauty that bewitches it is not of my own choosing.
I am sorry I cannot live among you.
Perhaps if there were a man who could bridle my beauty and passion
then I would submit and be happy.
Alas, there are no such men here, and so to my fate I shall go willingly.”
The streets are grim.
Hollow taxies evaporate in the night, stirring up the rot of neglected decades.
Street-corner thugs see an easy mark…
“Hey thar pretty thang, whatcha' doin’ out so late?
Lookin’ for some ackshun? Come on, babe, we'll show you a good time!”
“No thanks.”
“That was not a request, bitch. Now come ‘ere…”
They approached with the heavy animal gruntings of anticipation...
CRACK!
“What the…”
…And so it goes
he issues forth
the spawn of my jeans
my eternal protectorate.
If only he were not shadow and smoke
I could at last find a haven for my idle love…
“My lady, you are safe once again from foul ruffians.
Is there anything else that thee desires?”
If only he knew…
“No, kind guardian. You have done well.”
I long to become shadow and smoke
to enter his world, his lonely world
to fill it with happiness, a gentle bliss
a fulfillment beyond his wildest dreams.
I can only curse my unkind fate
with these internal screams…
[At the Cathedral of the High Inquisitor]
“Your Most Exalted Grand High Imperialness,
we are threatened at our borders with barbarian hordes.
Their leader demands tribute, or he will lay waste our lands.”
The Inquisitor’s mind reflects back to that which he once most desired…
“Fetch the old wizard. I have a task for him…”
The diner has become my refuge.
The pay is cheap, but I find peace here.
I can forget my woes in the deep vacant stares
that wander here seeking a refuge of their own…
“Dinah, there… there is something… someone in the kitchen to… to see you!”
A smoky, pale blue light emanates from the dark corner of the kitchen.
From it a wand protrudes.
“Sam!”
“Hello, Dinavere. Do not be too glad to see me, for once again I am a messenger of your doom…”
Her robes were milky fragrant white
woven of the finest silks
Her hair capturing the golden rays of sun
and blithly cast them everywhere.
The barbarian chief marveled, and smiled broadly
as he slowly realized this was his new prize...
He spit out, “There is booty, my dimwitted hordes!
Ahhhhk, it is sooooo good to be a barbarian chief!”
In his tent her guiles performed their spell without her bidding,
stirring up discontent among the barbarian lieutenants,
who were struck with a jealous desire, and they plotted…
With an unexpected soft eloquence, the chiftain turned to her.
“Come, my princess, I have spared your lands in thy name,
and they will sing your praise forever.
In return I ask only for what you would offer me in return."
They entered his bed chamber.
The air was heavy with musk and incense.
Great treasures from lands near and far were strewn about.
The eunuchs dutifully left the chamber.
His bed was a soft amalgamation
of what the horde had stolen from those they had brutally murdered…
There was a commotion outside. A eunuch screamed a blood-chilling scream.
Four looming figures entered the tent. “Your time is up, old chieftain. It is our time now!” they rasped.
With that, they lunged for the chieftain with daggers drawn and found their mark...
“You! You are ours now!” and with that, they approached the maiden lustily with foul intents…
CRACK!
The surviving eunuchs entered the tent to find four severed heads gazing up in a frozen wonder.
They peered through the dark room and found the body of the old chieftain.
There was nothing else but shadow and smoke…
Silver trophy winner
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and much love~ Desire~*~
I'm a sucker for a man in tight jeans. I went to a concert last night and oh my gawd the eye candy was to die for!!
