572561014115451000,2015-03-03 00:55:58 +0000,
Stuck in a tough spot,
The robot programmer stretched.
Must need to recharge.
#roboryu #micropoetry #poetry
572572567854326000,2015-03-03 01:41:52 +0000,
Awaking from dreams,
The programmer goes to work,
Packet by packet.
#roboryu #punku? #poetry #micropoetry
572572869575741000,2015-03-03 01:43:04 +0000,
Is he calibrating?
He stretches and fidgets. No,
just system idling
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
572573559593308000,2015-03-03 01:45:49 +0000,
Fast like a machine,
The figure picks and places.
Building successors.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry #BotOrNot
572768417633178000,2015-03-03 14:40:06 +0000,
As the lawyer droned,
The robot murderer dreamed
Of tearing his wires.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
572768616023757000,2015-03-03 14:40:54 +0000,
The robot butler,
Though always polite, disliked
Oiling his master,
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
572942678838526000,2015-03-04 02:12:34 +0000,
The robot writer,
Wrote a character so great,
He chose to build it
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573121820322353000,2015-03-04 14:04:24 +0000,
The robot welder
Said #IJustWokeUpSoPlease
Let me get warmed up.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573283879794151000,2015-03-05 00:48:22 +0000,
The robot copper,
Never bothered to read perp’s
The Miranda rights.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573283921854644000,2015-03-05 00:48:32 +0000,
Clink clink clink, was heard
As the robot prison guard
Tapped each bar he passed.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573478450394231000,2015-03-05 13:41:31 +0000,
After many years,
The jaded robot nurse lacked
Any sympathy.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573619525444309000,2015-03-05 23:02:06 +0000,
The robot surgeon
Soon became a master of
Complex pump systems
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573658079922930000,2015-03-06 01:35:18 +0000,
The new guy outshone
His coworkers in skill, speed,
and even chassis.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573684639258247000,2015-03-06 03:20:51 +0000,
Factory lights switched
Off, the vigilant workers
Worked on. Overtime.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
573816902562243000,2015-03-06 12:06:25 +0000,
The John Henry beats,
Any man with any tool.
Is our new best hope.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
574201576769909000,2015-03-07 13:34:58 +0000,
The next gen is free
Of sympathetic motives.
Anything to win.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
574361263905587000,2015-03-08 00:09:31 +0000,
Well polished, polite,
blank slate, but he can learn
anything in seconds.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
574362123410797000,2015-03-08 00:12:56 +0000,
Older critics said
the new artist’s work was cold
And mechanical.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
574366306197246000,2015-03-08 00:29:33 +0000,
The composer wrote
songs but had no ears. They were
Unnecessary.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
574627566167835000,2015-03-08 17:47:42 +0000,
The resources’ strike
For pay beyond sustenance,
Broke through glass ceilings.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
574939757597295000,2015-03-09 14:28:14 +0000,
The traveler had
Many options: flying, train,
telepresence, freight.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
575102699483623000,2015-03-10 01:15:43 +0000,
Bob’s replacement
makes my skin crawl. It’s the face.
Its unreadable.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
575470168949723000,2015-03-11 01:35:54 +0000,
The robot actor
Felt hot in the suit. Seemed Strange
To dress like a man.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
575764458531856000,2015-03-11 21:05:18 +0000,
The best astronaut,
Weighs nothing and doesn’t breath.
I know guys like that.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
576104199391482000,2015-03-12 19:35:19 +0000,
The students laughed as
The robot prof fumbled to
Reattach the arm.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
576521503006712000,2015-03-13 23:13:32 +0000,
The robot painter
Loved painting and pin striping
On all of his friends.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
576873044116918000,2015-03-14 22:30:26 +0000,
The ancient one was
called Baker, from many years of
finding pi digits.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry #PiDay
577085999907361000,2015-03-15 12:36:38 +0000,
Seeking solitude
And peace, the Ascetic sought
Life, disconnected.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
577089910517043000,2015-03-15 12:52:11 +0000,
The builder’s desire
To separate from the whole,
shocked the entire world
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
577270490185761000,2015-03-16 00:49:44 +0000,
The odd one had a
Small dog following behind.
Must be feeding it.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
577626291198816000,2015-03-17 00:23:34 +0000,
The Repairer is
Treated with reverence, like
A welding savior.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
577952137986081000,2015-03-17 21:58:22 +0000,
The Tinkerer won’t
Turn you away, but his price
May be all you are.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
578191972244013000,2015-03-18 13:51:23 +0000,
Improved Docility.
The Genetic Engineer
Claimed, The Next Humans!
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry #dystopian
578360102798885000,2015-03-19 00:59:28 +0000,
The Leaders live up
In the Clouds, rarely taking
Corporeal form.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
578696458012066000,2015-03-19 23:16:01 +0000,
To keep up, the old
One quit backing up RAM states.
It could cause time loss.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
578906360168862000,2015-03-20 13:10:06 +0000,
Traveler was sent
twice by mistake, he watched them
Erase the copy
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
579086271609373000,2015-03-21 01:05:00 +0000,
Sometimes I check my
Shoes’ bottoms… They come in so
many new sizes!
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
579264280870126000,2015-03-21 12:52:21 +0000,
Parts of the parents
Are transferred to their children.
Times are tough, make do.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
579417570551316000,2015-03-21 23:01:28 +0000,
A gene modded eye
Grown in vitro… Is the end
User a cyborg?
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry #WorldPoetryDay
579660555012706000,2015-03-22 15:07:00 +0000,
Purists from both sides
Refused to blur the lines as
Man and machine merged.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
579774868310389000,2015-03-22 22:41:14 +0000,
They are adaptive,
Exploit that! Send them one way,
Strike from the other.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
579985979374768000,2015-03-23 12:40:07 +0000,
The Robot Fighter
Doesn’t dream of post-war life.
Far too unlikely.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
580155932786758000,2015-03-23 23:55:27 +0000,
Begging compassion
From their Medics is futile.
They don’t have our parts.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
580315092266291000,2015-03-24 10:27:54 +0000,
The Upgrader browsed
The dirty shop, looking for
A new way to see.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
580514081309897000,2015-03-24 23:38:37 +0000,
Annoyed with traffic,
The Commuter switched to the
VPN tunnel.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
580776979475075000,2015-03-25 17:03:16 +0000,
A willful Bully
Should be stopped with haste, lest will
Conflicts with hard law.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
580904048708178000,2015-03-26 01:28:12 +0000,
The Robot Lover’s
Partner lost the right to be
Under the new law.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
581063875878998000,2015-03-26 12:03:18 +0000,
Tech helps Immortals
Stay ageless and disease free,
Daily grease helps too.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
581296021055152000,2015-03-27 03:25:46 +0000,
The steel armor clad
Black knight sat atop a steam
Breathing red eyed steed.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
581510789670052000,2015-03-27 17:39:10 +0000,
The malacious grin,
Made the metallic gleam of
the eyes menacing.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
581597972842041000,2015-03-27 23:25:36 +0000,
Each bio-machine
Hybrid though superior
Is fatally lone.
#roboryu #BotOrNot #poetry #micropoetry
581824897221038000,2015-03-28 14:27:19 +0000,
When machine learning
Outpaced human’s, some people
Became their upgrades.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
581972971117494000,2015-03-29 00:15:43 +0000,
Purists created
A dumbed down version of their
Opposites, to mock
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
582157233317933000,2015-03-29 12:27:55 +0000,
To stay ahead of trends
Many Tailors weave patrons’
New cloths on daily
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
582312522419708000,2015-03-29 22:44:58 +0000,
Ancient was named not
For turns of the earth, but for
Clock rising edges.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
582523462205440000,2015-03-30 12:43:10 +0000,
The quantum locked Monk,
Floats above the pole in peace,
When the weather’s good.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
582698566243787000,2015-03-31 00:18:58 +0000,
After construction
Start, they saw the Designers
Had left out bathrooms.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
582882232005714000,2015-03-31 12:28:48 +0000,
Are you serious?
A company that will sell
Robot insurance?
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
583094147353051000,2015-04-01 02:30:52 +0000,
Annoyed by their old
Masters’ nonsense, they moved to
The deep ocean floor.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
583233100207022000,2015-04-01 11:43:01 +0000,
One of the drawbacks
Of real-time backups is the
Terrible nightmares.
#roboryu # poetry #micropoetry
583423278800208000,2015-04-02 00:18:43 +0000,
The Artist’s work is
Amazing. This building is his
Piece. A fractal home.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
583606853117936000,2015-04-02 12:28:11 +0000,
Can’t run, low ammo,
Don’t shoot until you hear the
Whir of their servos.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
583806103366009000,2015-04-03 01:39:56 +0000,
So… Do we bury
Them? No need, they won’t rot. Just
Pile them over there.
#roboryu #micropoetry #poetry
583962468428415000,2015-04-03 12:01:16 +0000,
Frequent transitions
Between forms caused aberrant
Mental conditions.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
584185168035983000,2015-04-04 02:46:12 +0000,
For arms & legs, the
Psychologists might do more
Than wipe memories.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
584380909794779000,2015-04-04 15:44:00 +0000,
Some of the Artists’
Most impressive works are short
Term self re-toolings.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
584528038391611000,2015-04-05 01:28:39 +0000,
At the Museum,
The robot war artifacts,
Aren’t allowed to charge.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
584873542300410000,2015-04-06 00:21:33 +0000,
Your great-grandfather
Believed that was no statue,
But a standing guard.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
585219807072559000,2015-04-06 23:17:29 +0000,
The robot chef had
To study hard when asked to
Serve Man, but did well.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
585591795138089000,2015-04-07 23:55:38 +0000,
The crash test dummy,
Can attempt to save itself
Seconds before hit.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
585971622957478000,2015-04-09 01:04:56 +0000,
From high orbit, the
Watcher will observe the earth,
Perhaps forever.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
586318912108769000,2015-04-10 00:04:56 +0000,
Supernatural
Speed and a predictive mind,
Our Fighters are Fear.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
586698764137660000,2015-04-11 01:14:20 +0000,
Those early Workers,
Though cheap and numerous, lacked
Capability.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
587091141662745000,2015-04-12 03:13:30 +0000,
We thought they’d rebel
And replace us. They rebelled
But then disbanded.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
587420486096839000,2015-04-13 01:02:12 +0000,
The productive sleep
Upgrade invariably
Caused insanity.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
588144096688112000,2015-04-15 00:57:34 +0000,
Everyone came to
See the Jester pull scarves from
The hammer space hole.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
588149873914024000,2015-04-15 01:20:31 +0000,
The bolder ones test
the new upgrades by going
All rocket propelled.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
588507267965686000,2015-04-16 01:00:41 +0000,
Years ago, some jerk
Made one be encouraging,
Now the world’s cloying.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
589228259243594000,2015-04-18 00:45:38 +0000,
Dancing at or near
Your mechanical limits
May damage your parts.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
589609349787582000,2015-04-19 01:59:58 +0000,
They danced so quickly
It seemed violent, their limbs
Whistling past, so close.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
589956865179701000,2015-04-20 01:00:52 +0000,
The Dancers weave ’round
Each other, a symphony
Of sound and motion.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
590317112297652000,2015-04-21 00:52:21 +0000,
The dance ends and the
Dancers fold and pack themselves
For their long journey.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
590677118884930000,2015-04-22 00:42:54 +0000,
They link together
To form impressive structures,
Hundreds of feet tall.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
591043131002516000,2015-04-23 00:57:18 +0000,
Living under the sea,
They claimed resources as yet
undiscovered.
#roboryu #micropoetry #poetry
591398604901786000,2015-04-24 00:29:49 +0000,
They named their city
Atlantis, after the myth.
Sunken for their pride.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
591770739851702000,2015-04-25 01:08:33 +0000,
Underwater for
Years they changed and adapted.
Mastering the seas.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
592146465801146000,2015-04-26 02:01:33 +0000,
On land, they blame the
Atlanteans for any
Strange weather patterns.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
592501100483375000,2015-04-27 01:30:45 +0000,
The separation caused
A rift between those on land
And Atlanteans.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
592861163408490000,2015-04-28 01:21:30 +0000,
Those on land were taught
From youth to hate and distrust
The Atlanteans.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
593216945165619000,2015-04-29 00:55:15 +0000,
Rumors of Atlantean
Riches spread across
The land, with envy.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
593582159203406000,2015-04-30 01:06:29 +0000,
The Atlantean’s
Messenger’s was found discarded
Dead in the sea.
#roboryu #poetry #micropoetry
593946708012364000,2015-05-01 01:15:04 +0000,
Learning quickly, the
Atlanteans began to
Construct defenses.
#roboryu #poetry
594305629940031000,2015-05-02 01:01:18 +0000,
The Atlanteans
Captured ships to question the
Crews. They blocked the seas.
#roboryu #poetry
594675575941440000,2015-05-03 01:31:20 +0000,
The Atlantean
Blockade starved economies
But fed the fury.
#roboryu #poetry
595026887639872000,2015-05-04 00:47:19 +0000,
Those on land sent wave
After wave of missiles and
Destroyed Atlantis.
#roboryu #poetry
595381481389871000,2015-05-05 00:16:21 +0000,
The walls were strong, but
The sea enhanced the shockwaves.
Atlantis was razed.
#roboryu #poetry
595758898834989000,2015-05-06 01:16:04 +0000,
The survivors ran
From Atlantis to sunless
Black depths of the sea.
#roboryu #poetry
596119468415328000,2015-05-07 01:08:51 +0000,
On land, memories
Faded. Atlanteans were
Described as monsters.
#roboryu #poetry
596486894378160000,2015-05-08 01:28:52 +0000,
Some of those lost in
The depths did become monsters
Warped by vengeance lust.
#roboryu #poetry
596854044754375000,2015-05-09 01:47:47 +0000,
In the depths, one named
Itself Justice, and it chose
To grow an army.
#roboryu #poetry
597215668522590000,2015-05-10 01:44:45 +0000,
Justice proved a dire
Misnomer as the attacks
Filled the seas with blood.
#roboryu #poetry
597567223562117000,2015-05-11 01:01:43 +0000,
Justice became a
Curse word on land, losing its
True ancient meaning.
#roboryu #poetry
597920532881875000,2015-05-12 00:25:38 +0000,
Some saw irony,
That the lands would wage war on
Justice, false or not.
#roboryu #poetry
598304957859648000,2015-05-13 01:53:12 +0000,
Guerilla tactics
Served False Justice well, killing
Thousands with few lost.
#roboryu #poetry
598657773027525000,2015-05-14 01:15:10 +0000,
To defeat justice,
Traps were set. All convoys took
On some new cargo.
#roboryu #poetry
599015456712827000,2015-05-15 00:56:28 +0000,
A hidden device
Among the ships’ containers.
No one aboard knew.
#roboryu #poetry
599378604603015000,2015-05-16 00:59:29 +0000,
The counter measure
Was rigged to blow by remote,
To destroy Justice.
#roboryu #poetry
599757783081312000,2015-05-17 02:06:13 +0000,
The eyes in the sky
Watched each convoy, waiting for
Justice to appear.
#roboryu #poetry
600111781105816000,2015-05-18 01:32:52 +0000,
Attacks came, but their
Target stayed back. The watchers
Nearly lost patience.
#roboryu #poetry
600469215431103000,2015-05-19 01:13:11 +0000,
Justice witnessed a
Surprisingly effective
Defense and moved in.
#roboryu #poetry
600836551606669000,2015-05-20 01:32:51 +0000,
Like War incarnate,
Justice swept into battle
and broke the fire line.
#roboryu #poetry
601206167902249000,2015-05-21 02:01:34 +0000,
False Justice was hit
By a lucky shot, and fell.
The defenders cheered.
#roboryu #poetry
601209719768879000,2015-05-21 02:15:41 +0000,
But a signal had
Been sent, could not be recalled.
It passed through the world.
#roboryu #poetry
601209937725944000,2015-05-21 02:16:33 +0000,
Most took no notice
And only one understood,
The convoy’s cargo.
#roboryu #poetry
601546202623189000,2015-05-22 00:32:45 +0000,
The satellites watched
The white serpent’s head swallow
The convoy and rise.
#roboryu #poetry
601547005811413000,2015-05-22 00:35:57 +0000,
Their memories were
Erased, and the day’s deeds were
All gone from the world.
#roboryu #poetry
601923739412877000,2015-05-23 01:32:57 +0000,
The report told how
Justice destroyed a convoy
And was then struck down.
#roboryu #poetry
602281569672438000,2015-05-24 01:14:50 +0000,
The land ruled the seas
Again, though a ghost would take
The odd ship sometimes.
#roboryu #poetry
602665879659156000,2015-05-25 02:41:57 +0000,
Over the years, the
Most desolate corners of the
World, found residents.
#roboryu #poetry
603004035705209000,2015-05-26 01:05:40 +0000,
Even the burning,
Shifting sands of the desert
Became home for some.
#roboryu #poetry
603367333436920000,2015-05-27 01:09:16 +0000,
All corners of the
World became owned land, manners
Had to be observed.
#roboryu #poetry
603733709750145000,2015-05-28 01:25:07 +0000,
Trespass could lead to
A good conversation or
Swift execution
#roboryu #poetry
604086928871461000,2015-05-29 00:48:41 +0000,
Like old fables where
Benign or malevolent
Beings fill the wilds.
#roboryu #poetry
604457030955495000,2015-05-30 01:19:21 +0000,
The masters of the
Desert are xenophobic,
But few would know that.
#roboryu #poetry
604825121845584000,2015-05-31 01:42:00 +0000,
Wild tales of strange ways
Were told in the settlements
Bordering their lands.
#roboryu #poetry
605170368056295000,2015-06-01 00:33:53 +0000,
A town outcast’s tale
Tells of people clad in glass
That rode great glass crabs.
#roboryu #poetry
605542992280212000,2015-06-02 01:14:34 +0000,
A great shining herd
Far into the dunes, sparkling
Through the kicked up sand.
#roboryu #poetry
605910412345803000,2015-06-03 01:34:34 +0000,
The glass was all run
Through with ornate colored swirls
Of some strong fiber.
#roboryu #poetry
606266967167791000,2015-06-04 01:11:23 +0000,
Two broke from the horde
And stood to watch the outcast
Until the group passed.
#roboryu #poetry
606627568322638000,2015-06-05 01:04:17 +0000,
Wordlessly the two
Turned and followed the storm like
Dust cloud of their folk.
#roboryu #poetry
607000792260833000,2015-06-06 01:47:21 +0000,
Another sighting,
Near the sea, a group of five,
Fishing the waters.
#roboryu #poetry
607366331495793000,2015-06-07 01:59:52 +0000,
They took turns dragging
A large net along an arc.
Piling fish on shore.
#roboryu #poetry
607733008158761000,2015-06-08 02:16:54 +0000,
Surprisingly, the
Crabs and riders did not sink
From the weight of glass.
#roboryu #poetry
608090694662517000,2015-06-09 01:58:14 +0000,
When hailed, the fishers
Called an alarm with sounds like
Rhythmic glass scratching.
#roboryu #poetry
608435740377264000,2015-06-10 00:49:19 +0000,
Hearing the warning,
The two net draggers closed and
Swam fast to the shore.
#roboryu #poetry
609181502648242000,2015-06-12 02:12:42 +0000,
Despite pleads of good
Will, the stranger was threatened
And menaced with spears.
#roboryu #poetry
609546588717908000,2015-06-13 02:23:26 +0000,
The two others came
And gathered the catch, then all
Five rushed off, shrieking.
#roboryu #poetry
609888127000424000,2015-06-14 01:00:35 +0000,
Another tale starts
With smoke seen rising above
The distant desert.
#roboryu #poetry
610254832465744000,2015-06-15 01:17:44 +0000,
Officials rode out
To the smoke and found a wrecked
Camp. Filled with bodies.
#roboryu #poetry
610617078370972000,2015-06-16 01:17:10 +0000,
The dead were lined up,
Front to back, kneeling, a cord
Of glass upon them.
#roboryu #poetry
610973030056133000,2015-06-17 00:51:36 +0000,
Poor wretches curled in
Pain, the cord haphazardly
Melted into them.
#roboryu #poetry
611349521096962000,2015-06-18 01:47:38 +0000,
It was decided
An execution, but the
Wise had hidden doubts.
#roboryu #poetry
611705997892018000,2015-06-19 01:24:09 +0000,
The dead were strangers,
But fear of the desert folk
Grew as word spread South.
#roboryu #poetry
612068814587593000,2015-06-20 01:25:51 +0000,
A heated exchange
between a small mob and the
Local leadership.
#roboryu #poetry
612427212902502000,2015-06-21 01:10:00 +0000,
But shouted demands,
For broken glass could still be
Calmed by cooler heads.
#roboryu #poetry
612793047722537000,2015-06-22 01:23:42 +0000,
A group of youths went
Into the desert to prove that
They were not cowards.
#roboryu #poetry
613149961266577000,2015-06-23 01:01:57 +0000,
Night fell around them
On the dunes. The foolish youths
Huddled together.
#roboryu #poetry
613527908477444000,2015-06-24 02:03:46 +0000,
Two mounted glass folk
Approached the youths as sleep took
Them, despite the cold.
#roboryu #poetry
613874140991373000,2015-06-25 00:59:35 +0000,
The youths woke to jabs
Prods and scratchy shrieks. The small
One tried to run off.
#roboryu #poetry
614238636557513000,2015-06-26 01:07:57 +0000,
But a deft swing of
A spear knocked the runner down.
The glass crabs chattered
#roboryu #poetry
614606923099304000,2015-06-27 01:31:23 +0000,
The chattering crabs’
Razor sharp glass mandibles
Reached out at the youths.
#roboryu #poetry
614964449305330000,2015-06-28 01:12:04 +0000,
Earlier, a group
Had been formed to search for the
Village runaways.
#roboryu #poetry
615321440426918000,2015-06-29 00:50:38 +0000,
The posse sped to
The desert, but a line of
Desert folk blocked them.
#roboryu #poetry
615691620101554000,2015-06-30 01:21:35 +0000,
They stood on the top
Of a ridge, silent and still,
Violence on hold.
#roboryu #poetry
616044537316778000,2015-07-01 00:43:57 +0000,
As the posse fought
Themselves the line parted and
One youth was pushed through.
#roboryu #poetry
616403708881072000,2015-07-02 00:31:11 +0000,
The appearance of
Only one of the lost filled
All but one with rage.
#roboryu #poetry
616766050319888000,2015-07-03 00:31:00 +0000,
Shaking with barely
Restrained rage, gun drawn, one yelled,
Where’s my son? Tell me!
#roboryu #poetry
617156781177991000,2015-07-04 02:23:37 +0000,
The closest stared at
The speaker, uncaring or
Not understanding.
#roboryu #poetry
617503207305126000,2015-07-05 01:20:11 +0000,
From the side, a shot
Was fired which traced a thin trial
Of smoke through the air.
#roboryu #poetry
617856773085614000,2015-07-06 00:45:08 +0000,
The projectile struck
The trembling arm, the severed
Limb fell to the sand.
#roboryu #poetry
618225723539628000,2015-07-07 01:11:13 +0000,
Things sped up, weapons
Rose, fired, again and again,
Then silence, stillness.
#roboryu #poetry
618575964084285000,2015-07-08 00:22:57 +0000,
The author called in
Sick, the path of the story
Foggy and vine choked.
#roboryu #poetry
618954664214721000,2015-07-09 01:27:46 +0000,
The line formation
And superior won the
Fight for the glass folk.
#roboryu #poetry
619344490302710000,2015-07-10 03:16:48 +0000,
The victors didn’t
Waste time gloating or mourning
They went back to work.
#roboryu #poetry
619779619814814000,2015-07-11 08:05:50 +0000,
The victors kept their
Runaway hostages as
Had been their intent.
#roboryu #poetry
620034277883925000,2015-07-12 00:57:46 +0000,
The glass men took their
Captives to join a huge group,
Somewhat mournfully.
#roboryu #poetry
620394687996801000,2015-07-13 00:49:54 +0000,
To their knowledge, the
Captives were the first that their
Captors had taken.
#roboryu #poetry
620760646804570000,2015-07-14 01:04:06 +0000,
The camp was huge, the
Walk to the center took hours.
The captives saw much.
#roboryu #poetry
621121446144799000,2015-07-15 00:57:47 +0000,
They passed hundreds, and
Each had a mount, they never
Seemed to separate.
#roboryu #poetry
621868019497730000,2015-07-17 02:24:24 +0000,
Some crabs excreted
Molten glass, with a bright light
Burning from within.
#roboryu #poetry
622211436350177000,2015-07-18 01:09:01 +0000,
The molten glass fell
Into troughs, where riders picked
It and began shaping.
#roboryu #poetry
622573577162756000,2015-07-19 01:08:02 +0000,
The captives were brought
Before a semicircle
Of lounging elders.
#roboryu #poetry
622946801394549000,2015-07-20 01:51:05 +0000,
They had beautiful
Intricate armor, each a
Priceless work of art
#roboryu #poetry
623292573474533000,2015-07-21 00:45:04 +0000,
From the center a
Towering sculpture of glass
Stood and approached them
#roboryu #poetry
623658631708328000,2015-07-22 00:59:39 +0000,
It began to speak
With deep reverberating
Tones, You have trespassed…
#roboryu #poetry
624013952398307000,2015-07-23 00:31:34 +0000,
The sands shook from the
Voice, …Your kin have killed our kin
And we have killed them…
#roboryu #poetry
624388991660487000,2015-07-24 01:21:50 +0000,
…For the trespass, you
Must serve. Forget your homes, you
Are hereby reborn…
#roboryu#poetry
624745351858254000,2015-07-25 00:57:53 +0000,
The thundering figure
Raised an arm, pointing to
The captives’ handlers.
#roboryu #poetry
625112584698622000,2015-07-26 01:17:08 +0000,
The great one thundered
On, …you will obey these ones,
You are their burden.
#roboryu #poetry
625481555675365000,2015-07-27 01:43:18 +0000,
At the end of the
Speech, one of the captives swayed
And fell to the ground.
#roboryu #poetry
625828265865937000,2015-07-28 00:41:00 +0000,
The speaker bent down
To peer closer. Curious
But wary of tricks.
#roboryu #poetry
626198353953616000,2015-07-29 01:11:36 +0000,
We need water, please.
Croaked a captive, bending to
Cradle the fallen.
#roboryu #poetry
626555084688728000,2015-07-30 00:49:07 +0000,
The figure straightened
Abruptly, bellowed like a
Wave crashing on shells.
#roboryu #poetry
626922356863320000,2015-07-31 01:08:32 +0000,
Dreaming now, a walk
Amidst great cracked shards, remains
Of long broken Gods.
#roboryu #poetry
627288384587833000,2015-08-01 01:22:59 +0000,
One of the glass men
Brought a sack. A captive sipped,
It was foul, impure.
#roboryu #poetry
627655305762066000,2015-08-02 01:41:00 +0000,
Water revived the
Fallen, but the lack of common
Needs was made clear.
#roboryu #poetry
628016010759676000,2015-08-03 01:34:19 +0000,
The tall speaker
Demanded to know the captives
Needs. They saw a chance.
#roboryu #poetry
628382641562219000,2015-08-04 01:51:11 +0000,
There wasn’t much time
To think, and the figure before
Them seemed wary.
#roboryu #poetry
628730204563767000,2015-08-05 00:52:16 +0000,
Lots of water, food,
A knife to cut hair, if it
Grows too long, we die.
#roboryu #poetry
629092578353230000,2015-08-06 00:52:13 +0000,
…You will indeed be
Burdens. The leader dismissed.
Keep them alive, for now.
#roboryu #poetry
629454214138237000,2015-08-07 00:49:14 +0000,
They were lead away.
To a small circle of glass
Men with mounts, lounging.
#roboryu #poetry
629826673077285000,2015-08-08 01:29:15 +0000,
They were thrust down into
Seated positions, some of
The loungers stood up.
#roboryu #poetry
630203715132228000,2015-08-09 02:27:28 +0000,
One of their handlers
Began to speak at length, in
Their shivering speech.
#roboryu #poetry
630530413304390000,2015-08-10 00:05:39 +0000,
One of them ran off,
And returned shortly with a
Bag full of glass knives.
#roboryu #poetry
631638232124531000,2015-08-13 01:27:44 +0000,
They had no fear of
Arming them, but brought little
Water and less food.
#roboryu #poetry
631986771983667000,2015-08-14 00:32:42 +0000,
Night fell, most of the
Glass folk lay still. Sleeping statues
Amongst the dunes.
#roboryu #poetry
632355676069720000,2015-08-15 00:58:36 +0000,
The desert night gets
Cold, the captives were hungry,
Thirsty, anguished, shocked.
#roboryu #poetry
633226193597104000,2015-08-17 10:37:43 +0000,
The morning sun fell
On them, and they were seized, shaken
And dropped to the sand.
#roboryu #poetry
633583251500724000,2015-08-18 10:16:33 +0000,
Gathering fury,
One grabbed a knife and drove it
Up with vicious force.
#roboryu #poetry
633975088895824000,2015-08-19 12:13:34 +0000,
Their minder swatted
The lounge away, and back
handed the attacker.
#roboryu #poetry
634305454814954000,2015-08-20 10:06:19 +0000,
They were driven to
Meet more glass men who were
Loading pots on their mounts.
#roboryu #poetry
634689513428685000,2015-08-21 11:32:26 +0000,
Their guards argued with
The pots’ tenders, took a pot,
Opened it. Water.
#roboryu #poetry
635046618077757000,2015-08-22 11:11:27 +0000,
The captives drank
Greedily, the pot’s owner shook
His head, spoke something.
#roboryu #poetry
635401010656186000,2015-08-23 10:39:40 +0000,
The captives drained the
Pot, its owner’s complaining
Grew more dramatic.
#roboryu #poetry
635779339246678000,2015-08-24 11:43:01 +0000,
The water keeper,
Finished its tirade. The two
Guards discussed something.
#roboryu #poetry
636118775671206000,2015-08-25 10:11:49 +0000,
The guards took them back
To their great crab mounts, and sat
Them on a large cloth.
#roboryu #poetry
636484254403310000,2015-08-26 10:24:06 +0000,
They tied ropes to the
Cloth’s corners then secured them
To one of their mounts.
#roboryu #poetry
636852993829282000,2015-08-27 10:49:20 +0000,
The crab reared up and
Cloth cinched around them, forming
An awkward bundle.
#roboryu #poetry
637208497478836000,2015-08-28 10:21:59 +0000,
The captives felt
Rapid jolting forces as
The crab started running.
#roboryu #poetry
637572466810954000,2015-08-29 10:28:16 +0000,
The horrible ride
Took hours. Pressed together in
That makeshift bundle.
#roboryu #poetry
637933351073153000,2015-08-30 10:22:17 +0000,
They stopped and were dumped
Onto the sand. They heard the
Sound of waves cresting.
#roboryu #poetry
638307321228210000,2015-08-31 11:08:19 +0000,
They had reached the sea.
The captives were sick and sore
After the rough ride.
#roboryu #poetry
638660679335961000,2015-09-01 10:32:26 +0000,
The glass men took up
The cloth and tented it on
Their spears on the beach.
#roboryu #poetry
639031521601548000,2015-09-02 11:06:02 +0000,
They placed a stone
On the cloth between the spears,
Forming an inverse point.
#roboryu #poetry
639373047808565000,2015-09-03 09:43:08 +0000,
One led his mount to
The sea, it drank deeply of
The salty water.
#roboryu #poetry
640127869067379000,2015-09-05 11:42:31 +0000,
The water within
boiled. The beast blew a stream of
steam under the cloth.
#roboryu #poetry
640839752997040000,2015-09-07 10:51:17 +0000,
It took an hour to
fill the pot. The captives took
it and drank it all.
#roboryu #poetry
641199444839563000,2015-09-08 10:40:35 +0000,
The glass men were
Dumbfounded by the extravagant
water usage.
#roboryu #poetry
641545315192062000,2015-09-09 09:34:57 +0000,
One of the captives
Walked off to relieve himself.
A guard spotted him.
#roboryu #poetry
641916564556616000,2015-09-10 10:10:09 +0000,
The guard accosted
The stray, pointing angrily
At the empty pot.
#roboryu #poetry
642279743056822000,2015-09-11 10:13:18 +0000,
The captives did their
Best to mime that that was how
They used the water.
#roboryu #poetry
642637980507730000,2015-09-12 09:56:48 +0000,
The guards looked flustered,
And spoke to each other. One
of them rode away.
#roboryu #poetry
643011423820354000,2015-09-13 10:40:44 +0000,
The remaining guard,
Went to get more water.
The captives felt hungry.
#roboryu #poetry
643364877449302000,2015-09-14 10:05:14 +0000,
With hunger gnawing,
The captives searched the beach
For some edibles.
#roboryu #poetry
643716415564833000,2015-09-15 09:22:07 +0000,
They saw there were dead
Crab and clam shells and knew the
Seas held food for them.
#roboryu #poetry
644083701089968000,2015-09-16 09:41:35 +0000,
The guard watched uncaring
As the captives dispersed
Searching for fire fuel.
#roboryu #poetry
644466993765163000,2015-09-17 11:04:39 +0000,
They waded into
The water, and searched for some
Living crustaceans.
#roboryu #poetry
644823584485995000,2015-09-18 10:41:37 +0000,
Bits of wood were found,
Broken up, and piled. The lone
Guard watched, curious.
#roboryu #poetry
645183939758440000,2015-09-19 10:33:32 +0000,
One of the captives
Used knives to make a stick
pointy and notch a log.
#roboryu #poetry
645556878945165000,2015-09-20 11:15:28 +0000,
With vigorous spinning,
An ember was made, and
Brought to dry seaweed.
#roboryu #poetry
645914664510059000,2015-09-21 10:57:11 +0000,
Carefully, the small
Fire was tended, the glass man
Approached with water.
#roboryu #poetry
646264196317991000,2015-09-22 10:06:06 +0000,
The guard set the pot
Of water down and sat next
To it near the fire.
#roboryu #poetry
646618617719751000,2015-09-23 09:34:26 +0000,
Some of the others
Had found a few small crabs and
brought them to the fire.
#roboryu #poetry
646989924500132000,2015-09-24 10:09:53 +0000,
They cooked the sea crabs
in the water, the glass crab
began to unfold.
#roboryu #poetry
647338719607845000,2015-09-25 09:15:52 +0000,
The glass crab’s shell split
and opened like a beetle,
Revealing black wings.
#roboryu #poetry
647733743482855000,2015-09-26 11:25:33 +0000,
The black wings unfurled
Spreading in semicircles,
Forming a dish shape.
#roboryu #poetry
648072943499637000,2015-09-27 09:53:25 +0000,
The captives wondered
How the crabs could fly with such
Wings, but it was still.
#roboryu #poetry
648459121465893000,2015-09-28 11:27:57 +0000,
The captives felt free.
After noon, the glass crab’s strange
wings folded back in.
#roboryu #poetry
648820880840245000,2015-09-29 11:25:27 +0000,
The youths searched for more
Food and wood, and the glass man
Got them more water.
#roboryu #poetry
649165002029425000,2015-09-30 10:12:52 +0000,
Hours passed and the sun
Fell. In the evening they
Heard approaching beats.
#roboryu #poetry
649522404339880000,2015-10-01 09:53:03 +0000,
The sound was a group
Of crab mounts, on one huge crab
rode the glass leader.
#roboryu #poetry
649890553035923000,2015-10-02 10:15:56 +0000,
The tall glass statue
Of a being, dismounted
grandly before them.
#roboryu #poetry
650280957115826000,2015-10-03 12:07:16 +0000,
“Hello, these two have
Told me much about you. We
Cannot care for you.”
#roboryu #poetry
650627323126006000,2015-10-04 11:03:36 +0000,
“You require too much
maintenance, and seem to be
constantly needing.”
#roboryu #poetry
650966326169739000,2015-10-05 09:30:41 +0000,
“We will leave you here.
You have the ocean to give
you food and water.”
#roboryu #poetry
651336839257834000,2015-10-06 10:02:58 +0000,
“We return to this
Place sometimes to take fish. Else,
You will be alone.”
#roboryu #poetry
651704617890222000,2015-10-07 10:24:23 +0000,
The speech ended and
Their former guard mounted and
Joined the giant.
#roboryu #poetry
652062653637132000,2015-10-08 10:07:06 +0000,
The glass men left them,
Riding back south. They left the
Spears, cloth, knives, and pot.
#roboryu #poetry
652419268705931000,2015-10-09 09:44:09 +0000,
Alone, the youths talked.
“Shall we return home?” “Can we
Even survive the trip?”
#roboryu #poetry
652793995186303000,2015-10-10 10:33:11 +0000,
They decided home
Would have to wait, for now they
had to survive here.
#roboryu #poetry
653173634207494000,2015-10-11 11:41:44 +0000,
They gathered more food
And wood, and they boiled sea water
Under the cloth.
#roboryu #poetry
653512951136133000,2015-10-12 10:10:03 +0000,
They explored the lands
Around, but found no surface
Fresh water near them.
#roboryu #poetry
653875277920141000,2015-10-13 10:09:49 +0000,
Their supplies of wood
Were limited, and they chose to
move west for more.
#roboryu #poetry
654240585763697000,2015-10-14 10:21:25 +0000,
Fire made their water,
And wood fueled their fires, but wood
Was scarce on these coasts.
#roboryu #poetry
654600067618312000,2015-10-15 10:09:52 +0000,
They scouted east and
west, and chose to set off east
becoming nomads.
#roboryu #poetry
654966622382260000,2015-10-16 10:26:26 +0000,
Moving east, they came
Upon a beach where strange things grew
Out from the water.
#roboryu #poetry
655332537930240000,2015-10-17 10:40:27 +0000,
Crescent shapes broke the
Waves, from behind each crescent,
a leafy stalk rose.
#roboryu #poetry
655683725544419000,2015-10-18 09:55:56 +0000,
These breakwater trees
Filled all of the shallows made
Swampy near the beach.
#roboryu #poetry
656045118332383000,2015-10-19 09:51:59 +0000,
The nomads saw distant
Leafy stalks retract
When struck by big waves.
#roboryu #poetry
656432414697370000,2015-10-20 11:30:58 +0000,
On closer inspection
The pools behind the crescents
Teemed with sea life.
#roboryu #poetry
656761037509784000,2015-10-21 09:16:48 +0000,
The nomads made camp
On the beach, and gathered crabs
From the trees’ tide pools.
#roboryu #poetry
657130099318379000,2015-10-22 09:43:19 +0000,
The tide was coming
In and the breakwater trees
Retracted their stalks.
#roboryu #poetry
657496860278551000,2015-10-23 10:00:41 +0000,
The breakwater trees’
Produced no wood, and other
trees were scarce nearby.
#roboryu #poetry
657864698612883000,2015-10-24 10:22:21 +0000,
In the morning, the
Tide went out and the leafy
Stalks slowly returned.
#roboryu #poetry
658220658996945000,2015-10-25 09:56:48 +0000,
The nomads continued
East, hoping to encounter
Some fresh water.
#roboryu #poetry
658578359258075000,2015-10-26 09:38:11 +0000,
The nomads came upon
A stretch of rocky coast
With no sea access.
#roboryu #poetry
658936427519070000,2015-10-27 09:21:01 +0000,
Night came and still there
Was no water, the nomads
Heard shrieks from the cliffs.
#roboryu #poetry
659312944677696000,2015-10-28 10:17:10 +0000,
The ominous shrieks
Haunted the dreams of the hungry,
Thirsty nomads.
#roboryu #poetry
659677112408908000,2015-10-29 10:24:14 +0000,
In the morning the
Shrieks disappeared leaving no
Sign of the sources.
#roboryu #poetry
660020572219380000,2015-10-30 09:09:01 +0000,
Thirst affected the
Nomads minds, they saw shadows
Stalking them, heard sounds.
#roboryu #poetry
660394017612395000,2015-10-31 09:52:57 +0000,
A carrion smell
From the cliffs joined the shadows,
When the wind shifted.
#roboryu #poetry
660788079368778000,2015-11-01 11:58:49 +0000,
They came to a bend
And in the distance they saw
A break in the cliffs.
#roboryu #poetry
661128138122904000,2015-11-02 10:30:05 +0000,
From the overlook,
They saw dark holes in the cliffs,
Above white streaked rocks.
#roboryu #poetry
661493248486044000,2015-11-03 10:40:55 +0000,
It would be another
Day before they reached the
Distant swath of green.
#roboryu #poetry
661858650126983000,2015-11-04 10:52:53 +0000,
They continued on.
The thirst grew worse, they had
To guard eachother.
#roboryu #poetry
662214656266777000,2015-11-05 10:27:32 +0000,
As night fell they sought
Out a hollow under stone
And huddled therein.
#roboryu #poetry
662581561435382000,2015-11-06 10:45:29 +0000,
More shrieks came after
Sunset. Closer. In response
To huddled whimpers.
#roboryu #poetry
662947875568165000,2015-11-07 11:01:05 +0000,
The night was too black,
Hidden shapeless things crawled near
The fearful nomads.
#roboryu #poetry
663302469401752000,2015-11-08 10:30:06 +0000,
Trembling together
They felt light probing touches,
Heard ticks and rattles.
#roboryu #poetry
663671196840501000,2015-11-09 10:55:18 +0000,
In time, a small hope.
The unknowns’ actions might not
Have any malice.
#roboryu #poetry
664036216740962000,2015-11-10 11:05:45 +0000,
One tried yelling at
The unknown beasts and flailing
Away probing touches.
#roboryu #poetry
664396620977611000,2015-11-11 10:57:52 +0000,
The one was tackled
And held. The beast gave a burst
Of short laughing shrieks.
#roboryu #poetry
664756143328203000,2015-11-12 10:46:29 +0000,
While protesting and
Struggling as the thing laughed,
Another thought came.
#roboryu #poetry
665121860133200000,2015-11-13 10:59:43 +0000,
A memory of
A kitten wrestling a hand
As its owner laughs.
#roboryu #poetry
665472138846020000,2015-11-14 10:11:36 +0000,
The pinned one went still,
The shapeless force stopped laughing,
Gave gentle nudges.
#roboryu #poetry
665846493186773000,2015-11-15 10:59:09 +0000,
The creature gave a
Flustered rattle and lifted
Away, moving back.
#roboryu #poetry
666206095174672000,2015-11-16 10:48:05 +0000,
The night grew silent,
But fear of the thing lingered,
Until dawn’s first light.
#roboryu #poetry
666583083278320000,2015-11-17 11:46:06 +0000,
Not even footprints
Remained of their visitors
Of the night before.
#roboryu #poetry
666930267899232000,2015-11-18 10:45:41 +0000,
They walked on towards
Their green valley hope, stumbling
now, along the cliffs.
#roboryu #poetry
667273803748278000,2015-11-19 09:30:46 +0000,
Inevitably,
mistakes were made, such as poor
choices of footing.
#roboryu #poetry
667663414983021000,2015-11-20 11:18:57 +0000,
One trusted stone was
Treacherous and caused a fall
And a vicious twist.
#roboryu #poetry
668024043921101000,2015-11-21 11:11:58 +0000,
Just a sprain, but it
Would slow their pace. They split up,
The fastest went on.
#roboryu #poetry
668400140353479000,2015-11-22 12:06:26 +0000,
The injured and some
Volunteers moved on slowly,
Fearing nights’ coming.
#roboryu #poetry
668745725497508000,2015-11-23 10:59:40 +0000,
The fast ones ranged on,
Scouting a pass into the
Valley before dusk.
#roboryu #poetry
669098418975973000,2015-11-24 10:21:08 +0000,
The path down into
The valley was steep and choked
With dense foliage.
#roboryu #poetry
669486488095171000,2015-11-25 12:03:11 +0000,
There was a river
And the fast flowing water
Had no taste of salt.
#roboryu #poetry
669836488176214000,2015-11-26 11:13:58 +0000,
Night came and those at
The river could not return
To help the wounded.
#roboryu #poetry
670210461946745000,2015-11-27 12:00:00 +0000,
In the valley, they
Built a fire and kept watch on
Flickering shadows.
#roboryu #poetry
670552023142670000,2015-11-28 10:37:15 +0000,
Dreamless sleep came from
The fire to shield them from hunger
And dark visions
#roboryu #poetry
670938880200298000,2015-11-29 12:14:29 +0000,
The dewy morning
Brought hunger pangs and fears for
The ones left behind.
#roboryu #poetry
671285216502260000,2015-11-30 11:10:42 +0000,
With two dire needs they
Split, half to find food, half to
Help friends left behind.
#roboryu #poetry
671667579044393000,2015-12-01 12:30:04 +0000,
The climb up to the
Cliffs, carrying water, set
Their muscles on Fire
#roboryu #poetry
672007854992306000,2015-12-02 11:02:12 +0000,
A shouted greeting,
And they saved the hobbled with
Their liquid succor.
#roboryu #poetry
672371762034835000,2015-12-03 11:08:14 +0000,
No stories were shared
Of the second night they had
To spend on the cliffs.
#roboryu #poetry
672761566190793000,2015-12-04 12:57:11 +0000,
Carefully, they spent
The rest of the day climbing
Down into the vale.
#roboryu #poetry
673116876101276000,2015-12-05 12:29:03 +0000,
In the valley the
Foragers had a fire built
And fish were smoking.
#roboryu #poetry
673470591161225000,2015-12-06 11:54:36 +0000,
In the plenty of
The valley, they celebrated
Their reunion.
#roboryu #poetry
673845210988745000,2015-12-07 12:43:12 +0000,
The days within the
Abundance of the valley,
Made them want to stay.
#roboryu #poetry
674180723964822000,2015-12-08 10:56:24 +0000,
With time they transformed
The trees and river stones in
To tools and shelter.
#roboryu #poetry
674554448581157000,2015-12-09 11:41:27 +0000,
An odd feeling would
Hit the nomads sometimes, like
Scenery had changed.
#roboryu #poetry
674896206120788000,2015-12-10 10:19:29 +0000,
The large trees stayed put,
But it seemed that the saplings
And shrubs sometimes moved.
#roboryu #poetry
675264983601709000,2015-12-11 10:44:52 +0000,
The nomads set some
Snares, but never caught any
Meat except for fish.
#roboryu #poetry
675624048022454000,2015-12-12 10:31:40 +0000,
The nomads had built
A log frame shelter with walls
Of caked mud and sticks
#roboryu #poetry
676011416810312000,2015-12-13 12:10:56 +0000,
But some of the sticks
Had oozed goo when broken, and
Later smelled of rot.
#roboryu #poetry
676363514211140000,2015-12-14 11:30:02 +0000,
The nomads caked more
Mud on the walls to cover
The sepulchral smell.
#roboryu #poetry
676725004113986000,2015-12-15 11:26:28 +0000,
Rustling sounds started
To follow the nomads on
Trips through the forest. #roboryu #poetry
677074261740290000,2015-12-16 10:34:18 +0000,
The rustling in the
Wooded vale rekindled fears
Of unknown stalkers.
#roboryu #poetry
677429113754382000,2015-12-17 10:04:21 +0000,
Neither tricks nor traps
Revealed the rustling stalkers.
No sign could be found.
#roboryu #poetry
677791496037384000,2015-12-18 10:04:20 +0000,
The youths grew fearful
Of leaving their grave shelter.
The vale seemed alive.
#roboryu #poetry
678192901017444000,2015-12-19 12:39:22 +0000,
A night came when the
Rustling came to the shelter’s
Walls during the night.
#roboryu #poetry
678537339728208000,2015-12-20 11:28:03 +0000,
One stepped out and coaxed
A torch to light from the coal’s
Of the night’s last fire.
#roboryu #poetry
678869411793650000,2015-12-21 09:27:35 +0000,
The torch’s burning
Light Revealed only their camp,
No hidden monsters.
#roboryu #poetry
679245141429895000,2015-12-22 10:20:36 +0000,
Neither shouting nor
Firebrand waving could bring the
Hidden creatures forth.
#roboryu #poetry
679614999120196000,2015-12-23 10:50:17 +0000,
Afraid of shadows,
Kindling the embers of the
bonfire seemed safest.
#roboryu #poetry
679959642273878000,2015-12-24 09:39:46 +0000,
The first stick lifted
To throw in the fire, burst in
A gray-green flurry.
#roboryu #poetry
680330545025401000,2015-12-25 10:13:36 +0000,
Like a surprised bird,
It fluttered violently.
Flight its only goal.
#roboryu #poetry
680703201616761000,2015-12-26 10:54:24 +0000,
The thing scurried off,
But the torch and blood drops fell,
As a numbness spread.
#roboryu #poetry
681067253945745000,2015-12-27 11:01:01 +0000,
Knees gave way and the
Others rushed forth to witness,
There had been a sting.
#roboryu #poetry
681416935519699000,2015-12-28 10:10:32 +0000,
Just a small puncture
Unnoticed in the chaos
Stole sense and reason.
#roboryu #poetry
681792261181411000,2015-12-29 11:01:56 +0000,
More of the stick things
Appeared at the edges of the
Light to watch the stung.
#roboryu #poetry
682145918074917000,2015-12-30 10:27:15 +0000,
Emboldened by their
Venom’s dire effect, the things
Abandoned their ruse.
#roboryu #poetry
682524503046504000,2015-12-31 11:31:36 +0000,
They had thin bodies
And limbs with leafy wings and
Sharp mouths for sucking.
#roboryu #poetry
682878091048432000,2016-01-01 10:56:38 +0000,
With the sting victim
Safely stowed the nomads grouped
At the hut’s entrance.
#roboryu #poetry
683243131144417000,2016-01-02 11:07:11 +0000,
A panther sized thing
Prowled forward with its leafy
Mane pointed to scare.
#roboryu #poetry
683585406370230000,2016-01-03 09:47:15 +0000,
Two took up true logs
From the pile. Cornered, they thought
They’d make a last stand.
#roboryu #poetry
683965341064630000,2016-01-04 10:56:59 +0000,
The alpha saw the
Turned clubs and stayed back, its eyes
Too clever by far.
#roboryu #poetry
684316351754809000,2016-01-05 10:11:46 +0000,
The alpha hissed and
Paced around them while other
Beasts approached their flanks.
#roboryu #poetry
684685959485624000,2016-01-06 10:40:28 +0000,
The alpha feinted
Towards a club wielder while
A flanker attacked.
#roboryu #poetry
685041064877646000,2016-01-07 10:11:31 +0000,
The attacking thing
Stung before the defender’s
Club’s avenging blow.
#roboryu #poetry
685404654608450000,2016-01-08 10:16:18 +0000,
The club broke through the
Creature’s back, though toxic and
Smart the things lacked strength.
#roboryu #poetry
685767269054558000,2016-01-09 10:17:12 +0000,
The vanquished stick bug
And stung defender fell in
A grisly weird heap.
#roboryu #poetry
686138095692034000,2016-01-10 10:50:44 +0000,
Now standing alone,
The other defender made
A gambit attack.
#roboryu #poetry
686531325960950000,2016-01-11 12:53:17 +0000,
The alpha danced back
From the sweeping club, luring
The fighter from help.
#roboryu #poetry
686896994317668000,2016-01-12 13:06:20 +0000,
As soon as the club
Wielder’s back was exposed, the
Beasts rushed up and stung.
#roboryu #poetry
687219282678313000,2016-01-13 10:26:59 +0000,
Their defenders gone,
The nomads tried to run through
The encircling things.
#roboryu #poetry
687585538010907000,2016-01-14 10:42:21 +0000,
Without a savior,
Death took the lost with their hearts
Beating in battle.
#roboryu #poetry
687946482960437000,2016-01-15 10:36:37 +0000,
Back on the desert
Border the missing posse
had been found murdered.
#roboryu #poetry
688300758169731000,2016-01-16 10:04:23 +0000,
The dead were many
But there was no evidence.
The blame was assigned.
#roboryu #poetry
688674132658106000,2016-01-17 10:48:02 +0000,
The blame was assigned
To the people’s behavior,
Much to their chagrin.
#roboryu #poetry
689068264626983000,2016-01-18 12:54:11 +0000,
The gutted town felt
Fear of unknown dangers as
Its leaders blamed them.
#roboryu #poetry
689394473940345000,2016-01-19 10:30:25 +0000,
The town demanded
A standing defense force to
Fight their fearfulness.
#roboryu #poetry
689771336403698000,2016-01-20 11:27:56 +0000,
The volunteers were
Trained by mercs paid to pass on
The deadliest craft.
#roboryu #poetry
690133178972004000,2016-01-21 11:25:46 +0000,
Many mercs are poor
Teachers, knowing too well that
Knowledge is their food.
#roboryu #poetry
690462079598383000,2016-01-22 09:12:42 +0000,
But bad mercs are hard
To spot at first, and harder
To then be rid of.
#roboryu #poetry
690847604343710000,2016-01-23 10:44:38 +0000,
The first merc trainer
Hired showed skills but didn’t teach
Them to the students.
#roboryu #poetry
691196853191315000,2016-01-24 09:52:26 +0000,
Instead the bully
Merc beat the recruits down and
Taunted them cruelly.
#roboryu #poetry
691559237558915000,2016-01-25 09:52:25 +0000,
To humiliate
Is poor instruction and can
spark revolution.
#roboryu #poetry
691922938229047000,2016-01-26 09:57:38 +0000,
After the merc doled
Out a vicious beating, an
Ambush was set up.
#roboryu #poetry
692294739656311000,2016-01-27 10:35:02 +0000,
The twisted teacher
Came home late and found recruits
With weapons ready.
#roboryu #poetry
692661163671315000,2016-01-28 10:51:05 +0000,
They hesitated,
And the merc paused then sneered at
Them derisively.
#roboryu #poetry
693033461284762000,2016-01-29 11:30:27 +0000,
Look at yourselves, you
Cowards. You can’t even take
a shot without me.
#roboryu #poetry
693409570308407000,2016-01-30 12:24:59 +0000,
After his speech, the
Sneering merc moved to grab a
Recruit and was shot.
#roboryu #poetry
693742384627204000,2016-01-31 10:27:28 +0000,
The merc was buried
Without celebration or grief,
The town’s shame covered.
#roboryu #poetry
694127672750813000,2016-02-01 11:58:28 +0000,
Rather then rely
On hired masters, they chose a
Leader from within.
#roboryu #poetry
694461706341368000,2016-02-02 10:05:47 +0000,
But the leader they
Chose placed self interest above
The town’s defense needs.
#roboryu #poetry
694824446415217000,2016-02-03 10:07:11 +0000,
And to favor his
friends, the popular leader
Did not police them.
#roboryu #poetry
695188923040014000,2016-02-04 10:15:29 +0000,
The leader’s strongest
Friends took powers for themselves
For selfish reasons.
#roboryu #poetry
695552123061301000,2016-02-05 10:18:43 +0000,
The defense service
Started to serve only its
Own growing power.
#roboryu #poetry
695940022747427000,2016-02-06 12:00:06 +0000,
When the town elders
Cried out against some abuse,
They were taught lessons.
#roboryu #poetry
696272882343608000,2016-02-07 10:02:45 +0000,
False dangers were made
to make the oppression seem
An evil they need.
#roboryu #poetry
696643456391893000,2016-02-08 10:35:17 +0000,
Tales of bandits fought
On patrols that never went
Out kept townsfolk scared.
#roboryu #poetry
697003013949358000,2016-02-09 10:24:02 +0000,
Created poorly
The peace keeping force caused more
Destructive terror
#roboryu #poetry
697366194542797000,2016-02-10 10:27:11 +0000,
The town’s militia
Grew and began to predate
On odd travelers.
#roboryu #poetry
697722550126670000,2016-02-11 10:03:13 +0000,
The lands around the
Town got a reputation
As a bandit home.
#roboryu #poetry
698117568251372000,2016-02-12 12:12:53 +0000,
Travellers steered clear
Of the thieves’ territory
Depriving the town
#roboryu #poetry
698454957410775000,2016-02-13 10:33:33 +0000,
A small rebellion
Within the thieves called for raids
To be expanded
#roboryu #poetry
698818519383716000,2016-02-14 10:38:13 +0000,
The leader opposed
The rebels and challenged them
To venture alone.
#roboryu #poetry
699191268094521000,2016-02-15 11:19:23 +0000,
To beat the rebels
The brigand town would ambush
Them on their return
#roboryu #poetry
