Sabledrake Magazine
August, 2002
Feature Articles
CTF 2187: Divided but Not Conquered
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Poetry Corner
By various authors
Lost Innocence
By Warpmind de InzanE
In youth I'd e'er be known to roam
in fairy forests I called home,
to dance with dryads, tall and fair,
and spy on mermaids comb their hair,
I'd laugh with pixies, gnomes and elves,
ne'er to proud to mock themselves,
I'd ride the dragons, proud and great
and hurry home not a minute too late.
Then scholars came and took away
the world in which I used to play,
they slew the dryads, one and all,
I felt them die, saw them fall...
they ordered me to leave behind
the world within my carefree mind,
they shattered dreams as best they could
in houses made of stone and wood.
But now I'm free, and gladly strive
to find some dryads yet alive,
to bring the fairy forests in
to where adventures yet begin,
to see the mermaids once again,
and know it wasn't all in vain,
for what is worthwhile anyway,
if we can't let our dragons stay...?
**
Shadowglen
By Dirce
Where the leaves unfold in black
Against the blacker skies
Where the stars look down on me
With brightly shining eyes
And streams murmur their secrets
To the pond’s safekeeping
And new hope seems to offer
An end to our weeping
I seem to sense the magic
Of wizards of the past
Although I’ve never been here
I know I’m home at last
**
Plus-Four Elven Chain Bikini
by Christine Morgan
(Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini, Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss, 1960)
She was afraid to come out of the armory
She felt as exposed as could be
It was all that they had in the armory
And she knew everybody would see
(Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore)
It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie plus-four elven chain bikini
That she wore to adventure today
An itsy bitsy teenie weenie plus-four elven chain bikini
So in the armory she wanted to stay
(Two, three, four, hauberk sure would cover more)
She was afraid to go down in the dungeon
So a big cloak around her she pulled
It was drafty and cold in the dungeon
And so she went bundled up in the wool
(Two, three, four, fought her way through orcs galore)
It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie plus-four elven chain bikini
That she wore to adventure today
An itsy bitsy teenie weenie plus-four elven chain bikini
So in the big cloak she wanted to stay
(Two, three, four, hack and slash and blood and gore)
Now she's already vanquished a dragon
And she's already plundered its lair
But her cloak was burned off by the dragon
And she knows everybody will stare
(Two, three, four, they'd never seen the like before)
It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie plus-four elven chain bikini
That she wore for the first time today
An itsy bitsy teenie weenie plus-four elven chain bikini
So in the dungeon she wanted to stay