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“Execute the brutes!“
Once proclaimed, the masses sow
Fallacies follow
About the Creator
Matthew J. Fromm
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
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Throne of the Beast
“Lock and load.” Knight One’s command echoed through his helmet, drowning out the helo’s thumping engines. Knight Two sat across from him, his mechanical gloves thumbing the safety on his oversized auto shotgun clad in etched black metal. Knight Four scoffed silently, his face obscured by the jet-black helmet. An uncivilized weapon for an uncivilized man. There are already enough of those in this godless world. Two always seemed unsettling, like a big frothing dog in a constant internal struggle of, “Should I bite or hump my master?” It was no wonder Callsign General loved Two, even if Callsign Archbishop barely tolerated him. One was the Archbishop's girl.
By Matthew J. FrommExclusive • 2 years ago
Comments (9)
Another one that feels like an excerpt from a legend or classic tale!! Congrats on placing fifth on this week's leaderboard Matthew!!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Back to say congratulations on placing on Vocal's weekly Leader Board. Well done.
Indeed! Fallacies/‘constructed’ histories. At least I think that was your meaning. Extra slow tonight! 😅
Nicely put together! Told an unfortunate story in 3 lines. But I would have tried to fit 'idiots follow' in there somehow, lol. Nah! It would cheapen the tone. I like it just the way it is... But they are idiots.
Et tu, brutes?
This shows that history repeats itself, and not always for the better. Well done, I really like this one.
What's most striking about this poem is how it applies to the present as well as the past. Nothing good can come from mob mentality, yet that seems to be the tool that many rulers use. Well done on the haiku.
Ouch. This had a real bite to it and such a striking and vivid image to create with so few words. My bud, my man, you have done it again. Mixing history and poetry, so eloquently!