Venetians masqueraded themselves to hide their identity;
their vagueness was allowed openly,
"Be a Casanova, a Shakespeare, a Hamlet :
all are welcome to join the banquet!"
" Keep your masks on, or you'll be asked to leave;
it's the Dodge's order: you must comply to enter!"
the doorman solemny speaks scratching his fussy hair;
he hears a mocking laughter to make his mood aggrieve.
"Dames can freely talk to their admirers,
whispers are allowed as long as they are sexually discreet;
they will charm you with their words...
while the Venetian's fogy moon adds splendor and conceal much deceit!"
"Must I remind all to keep your incognito for a stupendous carnival night;
walk on semidark bridges, follow moonbeams as if they were jewels!"
And the austere doorman continues becoming lenient to strict rules,
"Leave nothing to the imagination,be anything you desire: it's your right"
Categories:
semidark, celebration, character, imagination, mystery,
Form: Rhyme
Admiral John Smith sat stark and semidark at the crossroads among the war torn.
With no urgency for liturgy, he wrapped his men tightly with tattered blankets around
likewise mortalities.
Nearby, in an irreverent attempt for a God-like Eucharist, homegrown quilted women lit
store-bought cigarettes and watched the smoke curling out over a foggy crisp soggy bog
near will o' the wisp.
Admiral Smith sat quietly. At his feet, fleas flit like stones skipping 'cross the barely dim
glow. Down below bitter cold creatures' skeletal souls scattered broken-field into a hissing
abyss. Alone he remembered how his battalions never broke formation charging into those
shattering shells of Hell.
Battles were fought steely with stern determination. He saw this great nation lay askew
where Clearwater used to be free. As the bald egalitarian deadheads stared dead ahead into
shadows of semidark, the Whitewater fights ran yellow into red and white stripes through the
deep blue that runs through many sleepless knights. We prayed Admiral Smith would get
sleep as he kept watch over the faithful.
Categories:
semidark, war
Form: Narrative