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The Lagoons of Bahrish N'Atarre
Golden beams on yet another world
The swamps are energetic, alive
I tap the thrumming life-power
Listening for the thread that speaks
It's a perfect day in ATI's garden
The horizon's haze too is alive
Do shining towers of an alien Utopia
Lie hidden in it's misty depths?
I sense the bright coded instructions
Of languages made visible in my mind
Communications, life talking to itself
It's as the chittering of insect beings
Another day, another blaze of life
Variations on a theme, yet unique
I know that I already exist here
And this is not the world I seek
Master of the Universe, I turn
And begin to weave the strands
Of the spell that will send me
To the next word in living verse
Ahk lamen, vellitulan parhlas nitoll
11-12-2004
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The Towers of Lunacy
Arriving in the dark was different
My eyes adapted to the darkness
But my mind had a little trouble
Adapting to the sight before me
The shining towers weren't so bad
I had seen others shine nearly as well
But these were illuminated by the Moon
Literally, and in more ways than one
High above, clouds of motes swarmed
Collecting glowing matter from the Moon
It formed an glittering arch in the sky
A white rainbow ending in the city
The towers were made of this Moon-glow
That's why they shone so brightly
Not moon dust but the glow itself
That's what this city was made of
And the Moon didn't like it at all
I could see it in his facial grimaces
Shouts of outrage were bellowed
But not a sound could be heard
As I watched this madness proceed
I saw a mote shooting towards me
It got larger, trailing silver specks
I hoped I didn't resemble a moon
The mote arrived before me and stopped
As large as me, it was humanoid
Glowing white, large eyes, pointed ears
It showed me a very nasty smile
It said "Oh my, a human, imagine that
Are you sure that you want to be here?
Better leave now, while you still can
Even better, let me help you along"
Eyes blazing, he thrust his palm at me
I saw diamond-sharp claws sparkling
I fell, tumbling out of that realm
Echos of his wicked laughter all around me
11-13-2004
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