{"id":391,"date":"2011-03-04T08:40:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/?p=391"},"modified":"2011-03-04T08:40:18","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:40:18","slug":"friday-poetry-ninjas-and-mateys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.shadowkatmandu.net\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"Friday Poetry — Ninjas and Mateys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ninjas and Mateys<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I sat at my keyboard
\nReady to type
\nMy Epic Idea
\nReady with its hype<\/p>\n

But as I began
\nThe front door burst apart
\nIn leapt some ninjas
\nAiming for my heart<\/p>\n

I suddenly discovered
\nMy clothing had changed
\nI was dressed as a pirate
\nEyepatch and hook neatly arranged<\/p>\n

I wanted to fight them all
\nBut was outnumbered six to one
\nSo I jumped out the window
\nAnd ran for the sun<\/p>\n

Now, I live in a place
\nWith no water about
\nNo sea, no lake, no pool
\nNo swimmy way out<\/p>\n

But there before me lay a beach
\nWith an ocean beyond
\nAnd my pirate ship stood waiting
\nOn that super-sized pond<\/p>\n

My mateys were ashore
\nAnd their cutlasses they drew
\nThe odds had now changed
\nThree pirates for each ninja or two<\/p>\n

The fight was glorious
\nAs bloody as could be
\nI lost a couple sailors
\nWho fought so gallantly<\/p>\n

The ninjas were vicious
\nBut they had to run away
\nPromising they would return
\nOn some darker sort of day<\/p>\n

I asked my mateys to wait
\nSo I could gather some things
\nI was the captain so they agreed
\nAnd then they began to sing<\/p>\n

It was a drinking song, I knew
\nSomehow I knew it well
\nSo I sang along as I went
\nInto the place I did dwell<\/p>\n

The place was a wreck
\nThe ninjas had left their mark
\nTo leave it would be easy
\nIn the gathering dark<\/p>\n

But my computer was untouched
\nAnd my unwritten story awaited
\nMy Epic Idea I just knew
\nWould have to be sated<\/p>\n

So I sat down once more
\nJust to type a few words
\nAlthough the situation
\nBordered on absurd<\/p>\n

I typed a little bit
\nAnd then I dozed off
\nLater I awoke
\nWith nasty little cough<\/p>\n

I was in my warm sweet bed
\nI sat up and looked out the window
\nThe ocean and ship were gone
\nI thought it all a dream, if you must know<\/p>\n

I went once more to my computer
\nTo let my Epic Idea work its way out
\nBut then I saw the throwing star
\nAnd suddenly had a doubt<\/p>\n

It was stuck in the wall
\nIn my office window’s frame
\nI wondered for a moment
\nIf this was some sort of game<\/p>\n

It had all been quite real
\nBut also a dream, I felt sure
\nI smiled because I knew
\nI was a pirate with black heart pure<\/p>\n

My mateys and the ninjas
\nWould return soon enough
\nWe would fight once again
\nAnd show the world our stuff<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

****<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I wanted to be a bit whimsical today, but I also wanted to tell a story.\u00a0 The above is the result.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

See you next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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