O Witless Quill
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"O Witless Quill"
O witless quill
sharply dipped in smiles leering
joust they your words
on their egos competing
galloping black stallions, see them fall
shiny armour felled knights
and petulant proud Queens now all shiny amour, in their saddles riding
Merry rogers
Merry rogers
Darkness to Light schemes
O witless quill
sharp and sweet the pain, where your journey draws blood
their lies, burning hearts banished, still and just, they lie prostrate beating
on lambskin parchment wet with tears do flood
a grim sickle in shadow reaps golden dreams dead to harvest
where turned over in rich soil the veins of once 'twas Summer
bleeds Winter wrists upturned beseeching
Merry rogers
Merry rogers
Light to Darkness schemes
All signs and
messages receiving
The mind's eye now cut and cursive, sacrificed
blood inked on sacred Vellum, ne'er retreating
(LadyLabyrinth/2019)
“...but the tigers come at night, with their voices soft as thunder...”
“Before him he saw two roads, both equally straight; but he did see two; and that terrified him--he who had never in his life known anything but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.” Victor Hugo
1. "I Dreamed a Dream", Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
https://youtu.be/Wq3boAhq_as
2. roger/s.
(1). The given name is derived from the Old French personal names Roger and Rogier. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements hrod, roþi ("fame", "renown") and gar, ger ("spear", "lance") (Hroþigeraz)
(2). Phonetic R, used especially in radio and signalling to indicate that a message has been received and understood
3. Anne Boleyn
(1) http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/anneboleynscaffold.htm
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn
4. Henry VIII
(1) https://news.sky.com/story/henry-viii-would-be-a-modern-day-psychopath-10441772
(2) https://www.sott.net/article/228161-Psychopath-King-Henry-VIIIs-Madness-Explained
(3)https://anincorruptiblecrown.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/did-henry-viii-have-a-personality-disorder/
(4)https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2010/12/01/regarding-henry-viii-bipolar-or-brain-injured/
(5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England
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