Halvard Johnson wrote:
> Saga Sonnet
>
> These events took place in the United States of America
> a long time ago, in that dark age between the reigns
> of Lingnar the Flat-nosed and Umnox the Lame-brained.
>
> In those times, weeds were allowed to run wild, liars
> and braggarts held forth on all sides, and everyone, without
> exception, was tall and handsome and blonde. To come
>
> to blows one had only to smile in the direction of another.
> Custom decreed that house-guests be slaughtered as they
> slept, so the strongest among us were most insomniac.
>
> Our women bore children to men not their husbands, to those
> even blonder men who came to visit, but not to stay for long.
>
>
This really is a marvel. It combines elements of Die Walküre with life
in the present. I didn't think such a thing could be done.
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Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/ http://www.petsit.com/content317832.html
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