A Parody

Leviathan

(A Parody)

A Tale of Good Versus Evil

by M.Cox

The day was young and bright

As I rode forth on my faithful white steed,

Along the Broad east-west road

Seeking to learn the news of the realm.

It was then I received an urgent message

Which turned the day to perilous night

And my strong heart to frozen stone.

Verily, I turned my gallant stead about

And, with great haste returned to my keep.

There I found my Lady quivering with fear:

“A great evil is upon us,” she cried.

“It shatter the peace and threatens

To rain destruction upon us!”

She beckoned me to the rear of our fortress

Where I spied at last the evil that had brought

Her to such despair.

Once more the master of the darkness had

Turned his countenance upon us in the

Form of a great black serpent.  Thus he intended to invade

Our hearth and turn our lives to mayhem.  He, as yet, had not

Made his full presence known to us as he lay

Half hidden in a secure place unapproachable

By any form of defensive maneuver on my part.

I returned to my chambers to plot what strategies

I may employ to bring the great beast to confrontation

When my thoughts were shattered by my Lady’s cries,

“He arises, he arises,” cried she.  Thus, I hurried back

To find the cruel serpent fully out and intent upon the attack.

In haste I armed myself with a great and noble sword procured

For me by my Lady.  I then donned sturdy gauntlets and, thus armed,

I strode forth intent on defeating this horror and surrender my life

If such was the cost of defending my lady and my keep.

I spied the great black beast before me attempting to gain entrance

While keeping himself free from my assault.  Yet he was not fully positioned

And a full third of him was still exposed.  Thus I grasped him in my willing hands,

And so the great struggle began.  Pull as I might, at first he held fast,

But soon my strength of will overcame his power to resist me.

I pulled him forth, and mighty was the struggle as he twisted

And strained against my force.  His hideous jaws sprang open,

And had I not anticipated his maneuver, might have found a home

In my flesh, yet did I forthwith position one fist behind his mighty jaws

And thus I subdued him to my will.  “Slay him not kind Sir”

Cried my tender-hearted lady, “for he is but a servant of the dark lord

And cannot, himself, be held fully accountable.  Rather take him from

Our presence and cast him out in the wilds where he may trouble us no more.”

I bowed to my Lady’s wishes and secured a tight hold on my squirming

Foe and carried him forth from our lands.  His great anger turned to

Submission as he release a foul stench upon me.  Yet, steadfastly did

I remove him far from our lands to a great wilderness where I drew upon

All my strength to hurl him far from my sight and into the unknown.

I returned to my keep to a great celebration and kindly did

My Lady praise my deeds and courage.  Later, I resolved that

On the morrow I would travel forth to the Kingdom of Lowes.

There I may procure a warding talisman and make safe my

Lands and keep.  Thus ended yet one more battle

On the field of good and evil.

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 Yes, I found a snake on the awning of the house and totally freaked.