Rondeau 24-10-09

i saw my muse last night and fell
i watched her move with grace in the crowd
and carry herself about the room with grace
and move herself in dance with grace,
and yes i think she was the picture of grace.

And she wore a dress of blue,
held her dark hair back with a band of blue
and indeed her beautiful eyes were blue,
when i saw my muse last night and fell

and her eyes shined in the light
and her hair shimmered in the light
and yes her face, the smooth line of her nose
and her perfect cheeks and smooth skin all glowed in the light,
yes i saw my muse last night and fell over on to the floor

A Fine Young Cannibal of the Vanguard

THE FORTY-FIFTH DOCTRINE IS A CONTINOUS ENGINE DESIGNED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

It Stung #14

It burnt now. My arm, my cheek, my eye. They all…burnt. So I decided to go back to sleep. It seemed to work.

The lull in proceedings

February and most of March sux anyway.

Smooth/Form/Moment

You opened me, café, sweet sinner
Lithe type, cabaret, blood thinner
Slide all home, smooth form, moment
And sprawl, burnt radiant, or foment

From on high peaks you threw me open
From on high peaks you threw me open

Golden, snow blind, milk white, enlighten
Folded, new find, black light, inform

Shattered shotgun slide sprung open.
Altered axis, accent absolute.

It Stung #13

With the long string of losses that took up the autumn of the third year, the Northumbrian Corps found themselves thrown unexpectedly onto the back foot, unable to capitalise on the massive advantage afforded to them by the success of Operation Excess, and so began a long and depressing period that lasted until the following summer. During this time it was all the army and the corps could do to remain dug in where they could, although in many places along their various fronts they lost some small amount of ground to Alsace. It was, by all accounts, a devastating winter all round, although the Alsatians on this northern front often had the small relief of knowing they were slightly ahead, here, and absolutely dominating, elsewhere, particularly in the Maputo theatre. The ulterior motive of Operation Excess – to cause Alsace to retract their armies rapidly to protect their heartland, and particularly, to reveal the locations of their Register Corrupters and other secret weapons – failed somewhat spectacularly, leaving Brown struggling to maintain his already precarious cover in the Alsatian capital of Roulet in the south.

It Stung #12

GOOD GOD & GOSH, GALWAY!

GREAT GAD!

AND DAMN!

TARNATION!

WHAT IN THE BLAZES IS GOING ON?!?! 

EH?!?!?!?! GAD. GAD!

OH. 

HAH!

INDEED I DID. 

DOWN BY TELFORD MOORS, COVERED IN BLOOD AND GLASS AND MUD. 

NO, HE DISAPPEARED SHORTLY AFTER. 

IT MAY INDEED HAVE BEEN BROWN, BUT I COULDN’T TELL FROM THE RATHER EXTENSIVE DISTANCE. BESIDES, HE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN REZURKED.

INDEED. 

POST HASTE.