ENEMY’s first blow falls from the blue,
AXIOMs of surprise and daring rewarded,
NAVAL mastery initially achieved, at the
ONSET of what would be an air war-war is always cruel.

MASON makes an old, strange gesture, imaging
REIGN of some kind. Shared ritual does its job to
UNIFY. But the secrecy that makes one wonder-off
LEASH where might this lead?

CARAT-heavy, glint of polished facet.
ADOBE clicked, image saved with sexy palette,
HELLO you dupes, prepare to yearn,
SPOUT we fancies to your id’s unquiet churn.

STEED lathered, riding toward the battle.
CLASH sounds up ahead through the trees,
SCOUT, I, when the din kicked up, watching
INLET where we thought they’d arrive. How misjudged.