Dunc and those shoores soote

[Dunc]

27 June 2006


9.

Mum -
...........It’s been so superbusy!
Really should’ve written sooner -
never had so many patrons
queuing for the schooner

soused and fish-eyed after drowning,
dripping down through all the tunnels -
every trip I’m overloaded
right above the gunnels!

Good news anyway - the budget
blew to bits on O.T.A.
so they can’t afford a bridge and
poof! I’m permanent! Hooray!

And with all that fancy planning
for a brutal total slaughter?
What a farce! The blockheads never
found sufficient water!

So a lot of dodgy buggers
(tipped off by some HQ buddy)
slip back from the upper mountains
muddy but still bloody.

What a cock-up! Still, they’re saying,
maybe it was best it missed
given all the lofty heavies
who are really pissed!

Anyway, the bosses tell me
no assistant (or respect!)
plus, in future there’s a fee that
I have to collect.

That’s enough. I’ll have to spar on.
Ever-lovin’ wishes,
...............................- Charon

[NicS]

Nice stuff as usual, Dunc. I guess even Charon had a mother. Love this:

Really should’ve written sooner -
never had so many patrons
queuing for the schooner

soused and fish-eyed after drowning,

[Cher]

Hi Dunc,

I though 9 was about a ferryboat that was to be condemned because a bridge was to be built in its place. It reminded me of another poem about Death the Ferry Man (posted during JuPo), I thought it was one of yours too but I can’t find it so I don’t know who wrote it.

Anyway, after looking up Wiki, I think it’s about the game Dungeons and Dragons, I don’t know the game but I suspect that’s what happens.

This series is very Matrix, the world is not real and only the imagination and manipulation of its inventors, however the people in the world don’t realise it and the programmers have lost control of what’s happening, just like God. Well… that’s kind of how the poems are pulling together for me.

My favs are 1,5, and 7

I can’t wait to see your conclusion!

Looking forward

Cher

[sefton]

Dunc,

poof! I’m permanent! Hooray!


Such a fun poem, but LORD, this line kills me.


sefton
chuckled half the day on that one...

[Dunc]

Sorry for the delay in responding, guys.

Student - I'm guessing he had a mother, though none of the ancients actually says so.

Cher - In truth it's intended as a tale woven with no particular strictness around the various Flood stories.

sefton - Glad you got something from it!


As ever, I appreciate the feedback, folks. Thanks for dropping in,

Regards / Dunc

[Dunc]

As at 30 June 2006



10.

Lovely and only mother,
delicate glaze of life
between the vacuum
and the molten mantle,

.......I can’t believe it! I make this amazing place and you - you just smash it, you moron!

the story tells of the drowning
and of the burning to come
heard as your world is rendered down
into a toil of fumes

.......- I did what I had to. I was NOT drunk.

without even the excuse
of the slow-boiled frog
who dies of ignorance.

.......Immortal? Ha! Don’t bet on it, buster! If I go, you go - dead set!

[lesserof2weevils]

Excellent! What fun to see Charon represented as his mother's son instead of a timeless evil - I can almost feel myself warming to him!

weevil

[ADK]

Hi Dunc,
Loooved the Charon poem. Your sense of humor was going full bore with that one.

Today's only pales in comparison to that one. It's pretty funny, too, God getting dressed down by Mother Goddess. Delicate glaze of life...as if that's going to divert her. And I'm glad you included the amphibian.

Hope you're sticking around for July.
ADK