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I

A tale
Needs telling
The story
Must be told

Must be retold
Embellished repeatedly
And variously accessorized
With accoutrements of the Ages

Myth made real
Come alive
In careful cadence
Severed limbs and linguistics

II

Truth surfaces
Like old Nessie
Through dark waters
And the oozing mud of Time

From the shoulders
Of an overlooked past
You deliver a harsh message
Sword in hand

The same blood
The same fears
Fill our veins
Man and Monster

Beowulf and Grendel
Roles arbitrarily assigned
We forge or follow
Paths of so-called Honor

III

The gory miasma
Intrinsic to Life
And Death
Endlessly redefines Reality

Scrying for Glory
Through bloody entrails
There is no Salvation
There is only Destiny

Warriors
Of heart of spirit of soul
Commit to Valhalla
Without hesitation

While the parting words
Of every severed head
Call out in vain
To heedless Gods

Brutes and brute force
Heroes and their heroics
Legends of Battle and Song
Reprise the eternal Saga