A humorous poem written for the dreamtime dragon contest. |
A Dragon in search of Coffee. By Ryan M Harris. Please forgive me if I seem a little wobbly hobbling about in search of coffee. It is very early, and I am not used to legs like these with numb-dumb feet and boney knees. You see last night I learned to fly on wings like bellowing curtains, and the green of the trees beyond. I stole my might from stories and grew many times in size. Through the portals of my mind I wandered and found an open sky. From the noise of the furnace starting came my dragon fire, from cat came wicked claws, from dog came fearsome jaws, perhaps from the baby crying came my massive maw. With these I terrorized my fantasies, and roared in exultation, as I sat aflame my fears and left a pyre of my inhibitions. But then I met a witch even more powerful then I. Her name was Six Am mistress of a terrible time. She carried a staff like a bed-post and was dressed in the red of morning light. At sight of her I raged. I snapped my jaws and thrashed my claws, tore the wind like sheets. But it was too late against my strength she used her magic RING!!!!! And banished me to the land of morning shifts such a dreadful thing. |