Know how to fly, little one?
It involves string, cloth, structure, and magic
The first three are needed to make the object
Eventually the last is provided by the young ones watching it soar
Putting a stake down to claim what’s yours
Ordinarily would mark the property line sufficiently
Since this property line was between life and death
That necessitates adding the heart of the vampire
Making out under the silvery light
Oblivious to the changes I start to feel
Only she isn’t oblivious and starts to scream
Nobody said the dating life of a werewolf was easy
After the bell rang, Clarice looked behind her.
No wings yet, but she kept her head held high.
Getting them would mean she hade made it
Everything came down to that moment in her life
Looking at the program she smiled and settled back
So many more chances as the handbells started their next song
Everyone thinks just because you have pointy ears, you’re magical
Let me tell you, we are only qualified for two things
Fighting orcs or wrapping presents, and I hate goddamn bows!
Darwin hefted his heavy crossbow and took aim
Randy was distracting the wyrm with his stupid antics
Allowing Darwin a chance to strike the killing blow
Got to hit it through the eye and into the brainpan
One in a million shot, even at the best of times, but Darwin knew he was better than that
Never counted on the beast blinking. Darwin never felt the flames
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Down fell the sun beneath the horizon
And the stars came out of hiding
Reducing reality to suggestions
Keeping magic alive for another day
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I found a pot of gold, but then the damn leprechaun mobsters began kicking my knees. No one tells you about that. Find the end of the rainbow they say, but no tells you to bring a Glock! I never stood a chance.
Now I have an empty cast iron pot that smells like cow manure and a single gold coin I managed to hide. Too bad it won’t pay for the emergency room visit for my bloody broken knees.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! That is everyone except those damned leprechauns. They can go where the damn snakes went!
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Everything began when he finally agreed to go on the quest
People think it went to the next level when he fought the dragon
It was pretty tough, but not the thing he feared losing the most
Calling on Julia and asking for her hand, that was where the legend was born
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Gravity pulled the chains attached to Bruce’s arms relentlessly. Still Bruce managed to place one foot in front of the other, each shambling step getting him closer to freedom. In the distance the hounds howled in frustration and excitement. Bruce smiled and wondered if they had found his pants, and the bees nest he had chucked in them. He still hurt, but hopefully less than those damn dogs. Carol would have been proud of him. She had taught him that trick.
A tree root tripped him and gravity screamed in triumph as Bruce crashed to the ground face first. He spit out a tooth and laughed a bitter laugh. “I hate trees,” he said as he pushed himself up onto all fours. He began to crawl forward slowly.
The sounds of the hounds was getting louder. “I hate dogs more,” Bruce said as he pushed himself back onto his feet and gathered up the chains again. The shamble began again, this time with a bit more urgency, but with a lot less coordination. It wasn’t long before the ground had him in its embrace again.
Bruce looked up and saw the bridge over the gorge that housed the Stained River that signaled the end of Lord Myron’s lands. He picked up himself once more, the bridge and the freedom it represented giving him strength back to his dead limbs. “Almost there Carol,” he said to himself over the howls of the closing dogs. He could now hear the people running with the dogs. Only a few more yards. He wouldn’t let them take him back.
As Bruce reached the edge of the bridge, he heard the whoosh of an arrow as it flew past his left shoulder and thudded to a stop into the boards of the bridge.
“That’s far enough Master Bruce,” shouted a man’s voice. “The next arrow will not miss.”
Bruce turned to see Lord Myron himself with another arrow notched into his bow, but not drawn. Randolph held the dogs on a leash, one of the hounds not looking too happy due to a bloody nose. Three other men that Bruce didn’t know rounded out the hunting party.
Bruce took two steps backward, putting the arrow between him and those that wanted him. “I am my own man. I will not give you what you desire.”
“You don’t know that,” Lord Myron said. “I can be very persuasive. Just give me her whereabouts. We will remove our hold on you, and you will be released.” He lowered his bow. “I can be a reasonable man.”
Bruce took one more step, feeling the low railing of the bridge behind him, forcing him to stop. He took a couple of deep breathes, relishing the taste of the early winter air. Looking Lord Myron straight in his eyes he said “Carol would disagree.”
Lord Myron roared. “Take him!”
Randolph released the hounds as the three other men ran to follow them. Lord Myron lifted his bow and let fly the arrow with one smooth motion.
The arrow lodged itself in Bruce’s left shoulder, causing Bruce to drop the chain attached to his left wrist onto the bridge deck. Bruce closed his eyes and let himself fall from the bridge. The fallen chain went tink, tink, tink as one link after another hit the railing counting off the inches as Bruce fell to the water down below.
The cold water assaulted Bruce, forcing the air from his lungs. He breathed in the water deeply as the chains helped him rest on the bottom. If this was the cost of freedom, but Bruce would die free.
Lord Myron rushed to the bridge’s edge as the last of the bubbles representing Bruce’s life floated to the surface. “Damn that man,” he said.
“Don’t you worry. We’ll find her Lord Myron,” said one of the three men who hadn’t gotten to Bruce in time.
Lord Myron grabbed an arrow, brought his bow to bear, and shot the speaker in the throat so quickly the man didn’t have time to blink. “Don’t tell me what to do,” he said. “Randolph, take care of the refuse.”
Lord Myron walked away and didn’t look back, even when he heard the second splash. He would find his daughter. She didn’t get a choice in the matter.
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