

Transformers Epic Poem, Ch 1I. Shining Matrix, now sapped of light, Does yet remain no memory in your depths? No ancient spark to sing our tale? Bring forth your final drops Of ancient wine, O Wisdom-Cup! Sing the deeds of days of yore From before the glow that gave us peace Drained you to your dregs 'till darkness alone Remained in your well, most worthy vesseTransformers Epic Poem, Ch 1


011 UrielURIEL011 Uriel
Oh, how? How will I ever tell You what's to happen, Uriel? Since first the Rebel showed his worth, Thou hast constrained thyself to Earth To keep the Apostate away, To keep Men from beneath his sway. Thou hast a caring Mother been, A Brother, strong, with weapon keen, To keep them safe, and always foil The plots against the Men of Soil That Belial forever dreams. Thou art a wall against his schemes.
But Uriel, the Devil can Defeat the wall with help from Man. The mortals seem to want to sin; They strive to let the Devil in


010 The Scroll of TearsTHE SCROLL OF TEARS010 The Scroll of Tears
I carry in this bulging sac An artifact of ill import – The bloody Scroll of Tears. It bears upon its face a stack Of acts of sin – the worst I’ve seen In all my sorry years.
I weep, myself, to carry it To set before the holy ones Who judge the acts of Men. I fear the LORD will now see fit To bind his rage no more. I fear The dooms he’ll promise then.
Denouncer and Accuser, I Must bear the LORD this grim report Of crimes of all the years. But all the world will surely cry In horror when His patie


009 BloodthirstyBLOODTHIRSTY009 Bloodthirsty
What vicious lust for blood must drive Our God to say a lamb, alive, Must now be made to never thrive, To human weakness foil?
Is spilling blood of innocents The only course for who repents? What of the verdant elements This boy wrought from the soil?
Stephen Dunscombe a.k.a. Cythraul y Bryd 12 November 2002
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You were right about the stars: each one is a setting sun.
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"The Wambulus has floppy ears
With which to wipe away its tears." - Edward Gorey
"Ya touch it, and things happen!" - Alex Trebek
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