Mawallace
by Shawn James
Mawallace slew dragons.
He scaled the Cliffs of Avarice,
Where stones slice flesh and bone
And streams of blood from warriors lost
Make seas of every crevice,
To dismember the beast.
He flew into the Heav'n of Lust,
Scorned soft and full and blue
To bare the Poxed Whore on her bed
Of pus slick silk.
And cauterized the beast.
He dove into the Sea of Spite,
Braved tidal rage and wrathful night;
Behemoth sought in its black lair
Thrust deep his sword
And disembowelled the beast.
And when frost etched his noble head
With fine white lines,
When time had heaped its burden
On bowed shoulders,
He stored his armour in a chest,
Hung sword above the blazing hearth,
Then warmed his aches before the fire
And sighed . . .
But just before he closed his eyes,
An Evil, crawling, slithering,
Squirmed inside
To feast.
Ravenous, gluttonous, vengeful beast
That from a hero brave creates
A gaunt, grey corpse
And Mawallace shall no more dragons slay.
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