Such a small thing to waste one’s thoughts on, but still, sometimes one cannot help letting one’s mind wander over the possibilities. It’s just a tarnished bit of metal, scuffed and scratched, but still recognizable. Nineteen Seventy; how many pockets has it been in? How many cash registers? How many streets has it been dropped on? Who’s looked at it the same way I have? Did someone that year hold it up to the light, brand new and shiny, and admire the copper finish? It’s been here for forty six years. It’s witnessed more than I will for at least another decade. Riots, movements, rises and falls, it’
From the Tower of Gilgeshe by Windaddyflex, literature
Literature
From the Tower of Gilgeshe
The rooster crows on every hour
To warn the peasants, who shrink and cower
From the black, forsaken tower
Where lives a wizard of malignant power
Who wanders forth and raises hell
With many a curse, a hex, a spell
And villagers wait where they do dwell
Until they hear the morning bell
At which point the said wizard falls
Unconscious due to many brawls
And pints of ale, his progress stalled
By stumbling footsteps and careless calls
The townsmen gather from their rooms
While the bell clangs and booms
Over hill and over dale
Ending the destructive trail
"It's hopeless, you know"
"Not completely, remember there were only two shots fired. One of them could have gotten away."
"From Them? Not likely"
"You're right, but it's still a possibility"
"What happens if they're all caught?"
"Then we'll have to break them out, naturally"
"From THAT prison? Are you crazy?"
"The jury's still out on that"
"Ha ha, you know you really should take this more seriously."
"And give up like you? I think not"
"How in the seven hells are we supposed to get them out?"
"I think if we took out the turrets and guard towers I could land her in the middle of the compound. Then it would be child's play to get everyo