Endor

FLAIR of royalty replaced by disguise, the king’s night got darker.
“TRUST you?!?!? You know what Saul has done to all the Seers and
TAROT readers in the country? Hardly any of us even
EXIST anymore! Who was it you wanted to summon, anyway?”

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Man’s Other Best Friend

LOYAL beasts include the dog, the falcon, and the
CAMEL, who literally crosses the desert for his master.
ODDLY shaped and oddly personable, they’re
QUITE useful for trekking trackless wastes.

(Author’s note: I have not idea if camels are actually known for their loyalty)

Loyalty

My LOYAL camel oddly quit, after many years of service.
A CAMEL more than oddly loyal, his loss made me quite nervous.
ODDLY, my loyal camel, quite happy, now walked in my neighbour’s train.
QUITE angry I, since oddly my camel’s loyal, now, to extra grain!

Photo: Jeanne Griffin, Wikicommons

Thermopylae

MOUTH of the mountain pass held, tensions walking the edge of a
CLIFF, waiting for the tide of attack to come in––each
TROOP coming to terms with the inevitable, not hoping for a
FREAK stroke of luck, but eager for iron and bronze.

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Camel-Backed

CAMEL-backed topography sends your stomach through your feet:
QUITE a difference between peaks and bottoms on the curved road.
ODDLY enough, it seems to us every time, that One remains
LOYAL to vows, to promises, to love, to us.

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Second time round

Here’s
CLEAT once more, two days since its last entrance. Sound the
CONCH that such a word gets its second run. Will sounding the conch
BLESS this occasion? Perhaps not, but a bit of hooloo hoolay won’t go amiss
TODAY.

The Conch Shell, known as shankam in India, is widely used in the beginning of rituals as a mark of success .