So here’s a sad thing to occur
A tale of great catastrophe
And tender souls may just prefer
To skip this blog entirely.
Those readers this does not deter
I hope you all will quite agree
That nowhere else on earth exists
A story so forlorn as this.
The drama starts one stormy night
Within a castle far away
A flash of lightning, clear and bright
Reveals a scene of old cliché:
A vampire, veiled as bat in flight
Intrudes in search of easy prey
Evading guards in dark and gloom
He enters a damsel’s bedroom.
So, there she lies, quite fast asleep
The type on whom brave heroes dote
Her blonde locks elegantly sweep
About a diamond at her throat
The sight of her could make men weep
And of her beauty much is wrote
But while she dreams in comfort fine
That vampire bold prepares to dine.
What tragedy was to ensue!
(I pray, forgive the Sturm und Drang)
He tried the lady’s neck to chew
But with a most emphatic twang
He bit her diamond pendant true
And thus was broke a sharpened fang.
Where tidy teeth once were aligned
A ragged hole now was defined.
With that awoke the sleeping dame
Who laughed in our poor hero's face.
His sorry ailment drew great fame
And all made fun of his disgrace
Unable to live with the shame
He disappeared without a trace.
For the saddest thing, and that’s the truth
Is a vampire with a broken tooth.
The 3WW words are occur, ragged and tidy
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
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Enjoyed that. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteDearest Kitty:
ReplyDeleteI weep for e-mouth-masculation
This troubles the vampire nation
Our fangs must close tight
No tools to help bite
Tradition eschews innovation
Tschuess,
Sepiru Chris
neat and nice!
ReplyDeletehttp://whenhekissesher.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-tidy-love/
To Sepiru Chris, yes, you’re right
ReplyDeleteFor vampires, tooth rot is a blight
As folks of that ilk
Don’t get enough milk
And dentists run screaming in fright
Anthony, Desi, thank-you for your kind comments.
Nostradontist was once heard to snarl
ReplyDeleteOne day vampires will have teeth like marl.
Night? They be rushin',
No time for brushin',
But fang plaque makes roots split rot & gnarl!
And Vlad Plaque-ul was heard to reply:
ReplyDeleteOur halitosis is hard to deny
But we can’t stand the taste
Of that spearmint toothpaste
So to fresh breath we all wave goodbye
I wasn't quite sure where this was going, but it just continued to build and build. And in the end, a very enjoyable piece.
ReplyDeleteThom - you didm't know where this was going? Well, that makes 2 of us...
ReplyDeleteYeah, this made me smile, love the bit about him breaking his tooth.
ReplyDeleteBwahahahaha! This was great. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my - This was hilarious and I enjoyed the back and forth in the comments as well!
ReplyDeleteForlorn ...nay. Humor, darken to be sure amoung the storm and stress :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoy this a lot.
-Tim
http://timremp.blogspot.com/2010/02/within-box.html
love fairy tales, especially with a
ReplyDeletesense of humore.
What a fun fine write!
ReplyDeleteLove the dark tale turned humorous! This was very entertaining, well done!
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