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The Angels Were Generous

Friendship War

Valiant warriors are invited to kneel,
To take their oaths and fates to seal:
Some to victory, glory and fame,
Most to defeat and ignoble pain

The clash of sword and glint of steel,
Catapults turning with creaking wheel,
Breeze bringing home the smell of sweat,
Flooding the senses of feelings of threat.

Discovery now of strategies laid,
Watching battles to see how they play,
Time now for fighting and having fun,
Planning is over, the war is begun!


Copyright 2001-3 Vicki Eldredge. All Rights Reserved
artwork: detail from Micheletto da Cotignola Engages in Battle Paolo Uccello, 1450s
scan: Courtesy of Web Gallery of Art