Poetry collection

[corncobman]

Page 420

Sees Through Little Clues

Cat's puffed hair
Hiss and stare
Do take care
Something, somewhere

Arm out to stop
Chat subject dropped
Laughs for stares swap
New plan adopt

Your face-gear
On Reynir!
Creature feared
Followed here

Purple eyes peeled
Strange signs reveal
Something concealed
On all their heels

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Follow that Team (based on Follow that Dream by Elvis Presley)

Follow that team, I got to follow that team
Keep following, urges strong, keep following

I've got to follow that team wherever that team may lead
I've got to follow that team to get the food I need

Now your heart may sense it, your end's taking shape
You can try defend it, but you won't escape
Soon the shadow will gnaw at you
There's just nothing that you can do

I've got to follow that team wherever that team may lead
I've got to follow that team to get the blood I need

Keep following, urges strong, keep following

Got to find me my meal, your life forfeit
Death is coming, no escaping it
And when I come you can scream and shout
I'm here to wipe your whole team out

I've got to follow that team wherever that team may lead
I've got to follow that team to find the bones I need
I've got to follow that team wherever that team may lead
I've got to follow that team to find the meat I need

Keep following, urges strong
Keep following, urges strong
Keep following, urges strong
Keep following, urges strong

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O Captain! My Captain! (with a few small changes)

O Captain! My Captain! What's with your tone of voice?
Your face expression made a turn, now hushed down all the noise,
The cat's all changed, hisses strange, fur puffed outwardly,
This kitty's eyes like saucers wide, for something we cannot see;
But O ow! ow! ow!
O the mask upon my head,
Here prepare for a bad surprise,
With a sense of dread.

O Captain! My Captain! Whatever shall we do?
The tank has travell’d every road, but something followed too,
You feel it's near, the traces here, show something made a mark,
Pursuing us the wretched blight, the hidden thing from the dark;
Here Captain! Dear Sigrun!
This sense I cannot shed.
What is lurking in the unknown,
Coming for all our heads?

My Captain does not answer, her lips speak not to me,
My leader does not feel my fear, her nerves strong and steely
The crew seems to be safe and sound, but appearances betray,
From somewhere out there something lurks, comes in the snow to prey;
Begone O pest, and leave O thing!
The terror in my head!
Cannot see it with my eyes,
Something from the dead...

[corncobman]

Page 421

Snow Belies, Eyes In Surprise

Trolls can't be fought
'Till both are inside.
Trouble soon brought,
Flanks open wide.

Go rapidly,
Firm pushing hand...
With most urgency,
Do you understand?

Make hasty retreat,
Safety to keep.
Emerge at their feet,
Sudden lunging leap!

Seeking stranglehold,
With tooth and claw.
Catching them cold,
In shock and awe.

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Stand For Me (based on Stand By Me by Ben E. King)

Now your time has come and I jump for you
And my teeth is the only thing you'll see
So you will be unmade, so you will be unmade
Just as long as you stand, stand for me

Oh braidy, braidy, stand for me, oh stand for me
Oh stand for me, stand for me

Soon your mind I will feast upon, I will take it all
And just stand still, just let me come to thee
You won't cry, you won't cry, no you won't feel a thing
Just as long as you stand, stand for me

And braidy, braidy, stand for me, oh stand for me
Oh stand now for me, stand for me, stand for me-e, yeah

And braidy, braidy, stand for me, oh stand for me
Oh stand now for me, stand for me, stand for me-e, yeah

No escape, you're in trouble won't you stand for me, oh now now stand for me
Oh stand for me, stand for me
Oh stand for me, stand for me

[corncobman]

Pg 422

Unafraid, Save Is Made

Time for speech is well long past.
Spread out limbs, have to react!
Move with speed, thinking fast.
Shield him from fatal contact.

Hope the medic pulls away,
While I deal with nasty guest.
My element, chaotic fray.
With the skills that I possess.

With a leap, I intercept.
Better me than him I know.
To save his life, straggler inept,
Remember well this favour owed.

Keep Icelandic safe from harm.
In the face of this attack.
At the cost of my own arm.
You hit me, I'll hit you back!

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I Won't Fall (based on Have It All by the Foo Fighters)

Jumping beast, just try me on for size
I don't feel your puny little bites
Though suddenly you caught me by surprise
You're everything and all that I despise
But now you ain't so tough

You bite me
Went for braidy
You help yourself
But I won't fall
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve
Go on but I won't fall

Shielding for the braidy that you want
You'll never get him now that I'm in front
Through everything I'll fight you tooth and nail
I'm everything that's causing you to fail
And well you ain't so tough

You bite me
Went for braidy
You help yourself
But I won't fall
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve
Go on but I won't fall

Wretched thing, this everything you've got?
I'm telling you your bites are all for naught

You bite me
Went for braidy
You help yourself
But I won't fall
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve
This lunging creep
Is biting through my sleeve

I won't fall

[corncobman]

Pg 423

Reynir's Through
(based on Close to You lyrics by Burt Bacharach and Hal David)

Why do I suddenly feel fear
Just because scratch appeared?
Broke the skin, changes within
Reynir's through

Why do I feel like he will die
When the sleeve caught my eye?
Cut his arm, what is the harm
Reynir's through

On this day that troll attacked the leader couldn't stop it
It turned out to be a day most foul
He was surprised now he will cop it
Caught by the hidden creature on the prowl

This is why Reynir will be changed
(Will be changed)
Turning to
(Turning to)
Something strange
(Something strange)
Broke the skin, changes within
Reynir's through

On this day that troll attacked the leader couldn't stop it
It turned out to be a day most foul
He was surprised now he will cop it
Caught by the hidden creature on the prowl

This is why Reynir will be changed
(Will be changed)
Turning to
(Turning to)
Something strange
(Something strange)
Broke the skin, changes within
Reynir's through
Cut his arm, what is the harm
Reynir's through

(Why? Reynir's through)
(Why? Reynir's through)
(Haa, Reynir's through)
(Why? Reynir's through)

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Bloke Naive, On His Sleeve, Mikkel Perceived

Cat's on cold ground,
No time for that now!
Sigrun is downed,
Troll's escaping somehow.

Emil rushes toward
His wild bullets rain.
Hitting nothing but floor,
Don't let it hide again!

Sigrun seems fine.
She's sitting up, ordering,
While Emil fires blind,
But no shots hitting.

Suffered the blows.
Off the creature leapt.
Going back to the snow
For another attempt.

Tuuri in surprise yells out "Yeep!"
She heads back inside.
Now that Sigrun's in a heap,
Her excitement has died.

Arriving back to relief
Are Mikkel and Reynir,
What's this on his sleeve?
A scratch? oh dear!

[corncobman]

Pg. 424

Detector (based on The Doctor by the Doobie Brothers)

I'm-a pick you up little kitty
I'm-a pick you up off the sleet
From the cold land into my hand
And you better find the beast

Your instincts should help us
Find the thing that we can't even see
From your hiss, should know something's amiss
Then we rest finally

Be a troll detector
Like I know that you can do
Be a good detector
Just like you ought to
Be a good detector for the trolls

Well it seems that when we got here
Something followed into this place
The sneaky troll was hidden in the snow
Now we have to bash in its face

Barely feeling in this left arm
But I'm gonna carry on
No matter what condition I'm gonna be in
We have to make sure it's gone

Be a troll detector
Like I know that you can do
Be a good detector
Just like you ought to
Be a good detector for the trolls

If you ever wonder
How to shake the cold
Just follow this prescription
And get the fish for detectin' trolls

Be a troll detector
Like I know that you can do
Be a good detector
Just like you ought to
Be a good detector for the trolls

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Madsen Swings, Impact Stings

Pick up the kitten,
To do its job.
Find where it's hidden,
The snow covered blob.

She's waving about
The small furry radar.
Those incompetent louts,
Can't the side of a car...

Mikkel swings his pipe,
With both his eyes closed.
Then madly sideswipes,
Emil's leg and the troll's toes.

Both like blind men,
No time taken to aim.
Emil's aim was bad then,
Now he's got Mikkel to blame...

[corncobman]

Pg 425

Ghostly Fusion
(based on Let's See Action by the Who)

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
I want freedom
To eat our share

I can reach you
You can feel me
And we both now want to eat
You have crawled here in front of me
Blind attacks have crushed your feet

I can reach you
You can feel me
Soul and flesh can meet

You approach me, come to meet me
I can at last take up a form
Just come touch me, little beastie
We can be a part of a swarm

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
I want freedom
In the air

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
Let's be free
To eat our share

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
I want freedom
In the air

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
Let's be free
To eat our share

Give me a body, come to me
I'm so tired of floating on the wall
Take my hand now and here's what you do
You gonna get this spirit into you

I don't know where I'm going
I just want to feed
But you can help me to escape here
And that's all that I need

I've been flickering out and in
Now I know for sure death can begin
It's been so long but I've got a chance at last
Together we can eat the whole cast

I don't know where I'm going
I just want to feed
But you can help me to escape here
And that's all that I need

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
I want freedom
In the air

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
Let's be free
To eat our share

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
I want freedom
Be prepared

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
Let's be free
To eat our share

Nothing is everything
Everything is nothing is
Just come touch me, little beastie
Come approach me, come meet me

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
Let's see freedom
In the air

Ghostly fusion
Let's eat people
Let's be free
To eat our share

Nothing is everything
Everything is nothing
Nothing is everything
Everything is nothing

[MissTrips]

I was poked to share some of the haikus I wrote on the commentary section of the comic over here, so I dug through the pages to find where I left them! 

Page 359

Mercy for the dog.
In light's glare, Emil struck true.
Lalli stood witness.

Page 361

Words are unspoken
A shoulder bump says much more
Walk together home

Page 369

Voices by the fire.
Say words he cannot perceive.
Food comes anyway.

Eat it while it's hot!
Why is he way over here?
What is he doing?


Page 370

Don't pay attention
An incurious cousin
Oh it's just mage stuff.

Knife-work is complete.
Lalli climbs the highest tree.
To set free the soul.


Page 377

Snow falls softly down,
Over the old broken bridge.
Which way to go now?

Wake up sleepy scout!
We can't go over the gap!
Just drive on the snake!

Page 409 

Through the open square,
Under a sky full of fire,
The cat-tank goes 'Ponk'!

Wake up my cousin,
We have just one more question.
Is there danger here?

One eye cracks open.
Tired Lalli wants to sleep.
It's just strange spirits.


Page 422

One moment to act.
There's no time to think, just MOVE.
Viking blood runs hot.

A sensible man.
Quickly clears the field of war.
The boy must be saved.

Danger cried the cat.
This time her warning heeded.
Quickly get away.

Stories of the world.
He wanted an adventure.
Should have asked what kind.


Page 425

Softly, silently,
Fingers reach for injured beast.
Quiet as the grave.


Page 427

Softly, silently,
Fingers reach for golden locks.
Missed him by a hair.

[corncobman]

Pg. 426

Led To Dead

Touch dark and cold
On the bony head
In shadow's hold
Black fingers spread

Last muscle throes
Last blood drop bled
Last breath outflows
Mortal coil shed

Followed the trail,
Bloody under bed.
Already curtailed.
Fortunately, it's dead.

Emil hops in on one foot.
Mikkel's crunching tread.
Crush with his boot.
Now then, let's get fed!

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Shadow Play by Rory Gallagher (with a few small changes)

In the room dim light, shadows fight, the souls collide
Shadows come, into the sight, dark ones, seek and hide
I'm still not sure what thing remained,
In this shadow play, this shadow play

From the day light, this strange skull mite, I hear a sounds despite
Well, I look back, see a dark sprite, then it's gone from sight
Won't you tell me how I can find my way?
In this shadow play, this shadow play
In this shadow play, this shadow play

Shadows grasping, and I hear rasping
All those lights just fade away
I feel a little strange inside
A little bit of Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde

Shadows grasping, and I hear rasping
And that mite just came decayed
I feel a little strange inside
A little Dr. Jekyll, a little Mr. Hyde

Thoughts run wild, free as a child, into the night
Across the screen a thin beam, of magic light
Things they just don't feel the same
In this shadow play, this shadow play
Shadow play, shadow play
It can't run away from this shadow play
Shadow play, shadow play

[corncobman]

Pg 427

Stop Spirit Seeking Sparkles

Stitches in need.
Shredded arm from the bites.
Staring is the Swede,
Spellbound by the wight.

Shades outstretching...
Shadows entwined...
Spirits fetching...
Seek to enter his mind...

Sigrun calling out,
Swede saved from ruin.
Seems a timely shout,
Saving him opportune.

Stumble out on one shoe,
Shin battered, in pain.
Safely back with his crew,
Senses thankfully regained.

Short one member, not seen.
Steps to have taken, unknown.
Sadly Reynir, quarantined,
Shut in, on his own.

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So Sad About Us by the Who (with a few small changes)

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

So sad about us
So sad about us
Sad that the hair is out now
Sad, suppose I can't get it now
Sad about us

So bad about us
So bad about us
Bad - could have something good
Bad - leader she ruined the mood
Bad about us

I was touching, oh so close
Wanted the secret he knows
But I can't get his luscious locks
And he could have stopped to talk

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la

So sad about us
So sad about us
Sad - now his sparklies have gone
Sad - only wanted blonde hair on
Sad about us

[corncobman]

Pg 428

It's Not The End, Freckly Friend

Stitching is not the medic's forte.
Having a good bedside manner he doesn't purport.
Some scars will result, he bluntly reports.
Sigrun cares not, they're a trophy in her sport.

She's calmly talking while getting tended.
Mikkel doing his best to get her arm mended.
Looks over at the face of the one she defended,
Into madness, or sadness he seems to have descended...

Reynir sits somber, silent and still.
Of this sort of excitement he's had his fill.
This wild outing has lost its first thrill.
Now he awaits his time to be be killed.

Reynir is dying inside, the poor bloke.
It has to be a sick kind of joke.
This ill feeling within himself evoked.
At last Mikkel reveals he won't croak.

[corncobman]

Pg 429

You'll Not Be Sick, You Didn't Lick!

Sigrun looking decidedly bored,
Reynir still sits down on the floor.
Unlike Sigrun he wasn't gored,
So he can stop worrying out of his gourd.

The troll didn't break his fair skin,
The disease can't have entered within,
While he still had that mask on his chin.
Eventually Sigrun has a crazy sort of grin.

Looking at her arm, scratched up, red,
Mikkel wasn't kidding, he sucked, he said.
Not very good with the needle and thread.
But totally worth it, to have scars instead.

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These Scars (based on In Cars by Gary Numan)

Here with my scars
I'm most bestest of all
I can look at my arm
It's the only way to live
These scars

Here with my scars
I can only receive
You can soon get some too
They are souvenirs for fights
These scars

Here with my scars
With these wicked scratch marks
They make me most pleased
I hope I can get more
These scars

Here with my scars
I know I'm looking the part
Without all these here
It just wouldn't seem right
These scars

[corncobman]

Pg 430

Conversation is Dead.

Calm down, now peace.
In shelter repose.
Time for a feast,
And soon for a doze.

Hunger appeased,
There's talk of ghosts,
Weird floating deceased,
And Reynir's engrossed.

It seems Lalli knows not,
Uses 'weird' when he's no clue...
In this he was not taught.
Wait, Reynir saw them too?!?

Maybe Onni would know,
There's a breakthrough!
Ask in the dreams, he can go,
So Tuuri doesn't have to.

[corncobman]

Pg. 431



My Time (based on Night Life by Foreigner)

Wake up in time to see the sheep running round
Got to talk about the ghosts
That were appearing in this town
I stand around this old spot here
See a familiar looking setting
With the same rocks and water

Ooh yeah, I'm looking for you Onni
Gotta get your testimony now
Gotta do the ceremony
I'm dream walking here and now that it's

My time
Running now it's - my time
Need to talk it's - my time
Ghosts out in the daylight
Just don't strangle me please
Ooh my time

Rushing through the dream gotta find Onni there
Not a care, not a clue, I'm just a little hunter
Watch me, a dog chasing a cat
Going wild in the night
'Cause I'm awesome like that

Ooh yeah, I'm looking for you Onni
I gotta get your testimony now
'Cause I did the ceremony
Oooh dream walking here and now that it's

My time
A little bit of - my time
Ooh right now it's - my time
It's just my time to shine
Gotta make the most of this magic that's mine

My time, I'm talkin' about the strange spirits yay!
My time, I need something, just something to teach me today
My time, I'm saying, my time to shine
Make the most of this magic that's mine

My time, to learn all kinds o' stuff
My time, we'll see who's useless when the sun comes up
My time, yeah the waterfall, but this is just a magic distraction
My time, yeah, c'mon, c'mon
My time, ooh ooh-ooh
My time, anything goes
My time, in the middle of
My time, just me right here
My time, I'm just awesome Reynir
My time, I've got, ooh-ooh ooh, I'm dreaming here in
My time, hey

[corncobman]

Pg 432

Gone Back With A Smack

A new companion as he explores.
You want to tag along? Sure!
Or lead the way to the fore?
To Onni and his Finnish lore...

Pup lives around here therefore,
It'd know the way all the more.
Walking on water like on a wet floor.
This isn't the way he went before.

His plan, though, it seems to ignore.
In the fog, what is in store?
Reynir will be feeling rather sore.
Face first into the solid tank door.

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The Braidy Did a BAMF
(based on The Lady Is A Tramp by Rodgers and Hart)

He got excited, he's in paradise
He doesn't understand the mage sacrifice
He never listened to his parents' advice
That's why the braidy did a BAMF

Doesn't listen to the spirit dog's bark
This walk to him is like a dream in the park
Nearly bit the dust in sunny Denmark
That's why the braidy did a BAMF

He's liking the wet wind in his hair,
Life without care
He's dumb but his chum
Means that he won't be alone in this camp
That's why the braidy did a BAMF

He went to dreamland, the water's divine
Along with Voffgang, the dream puppy assigned
He should be in the tank tied up and confined
That's why the braidy did a BAMF

The path is hazy, the fog makes it grey
Followed blindly the dog shows the way
It doesn't listen, it leads him astray
That's why the braidy did a BAMF

While he's talking, he followed his nose
He is too careless, he's head first as he goes
Why the cat-tank's here, nobody knows
That's why the braidy did a BAMF

He's liking the wet wind in his hair,
Life without care
He's dumb but his chum
Cluelessly wandered, the ignorant scamp

That's why the braidy, that's why the braidy...
That's why the braidy did a BAMF

[corncobman]

Pg. 433

Go Away (based on The Cave by Mumford and Sons)

It's empty in the courtyard of the tank
Frozen and I've only got puppy to thank
Away from all the sheep
Now the dog has played a prank

I try to hammer on the cat-tank door
But all my knocking seems to be ignored
Dog, don't stare at me
It looks like we are all done for

The scary spirits round
On this frozen ground
Like some nightmare, come to play

And we are all alone
And we are both now boned
You ghosts decayed, just go away

Please Lalli, Tuuri, just anyone
This trip is no longer any fun
Now let me wake up now
And see the new day's morning sun

So wake up now you sleeping crew
You cannot see the danger posed to you
I can see the horror, open up the door
Just open and let me through

The scary spirits round
On this frozen ground
Like some nightmare, come to play

And we are all alone
And we are both now boned
You ghosts decayed, just go away

So answer to my knocking, hear my sound
And see the dead spirits gather round
The phantoms seeking vengeance
In this graveyard we have found

So hear my desperate call
I pray we do not fall
You cannot hear what I need to say

‘Cause we're in danger now
Surround by ghosts somehow
The deadly things seeking us today

The scary spirits round
On this frozen ground
Like some nightmare, come to play

And we are all alone
And we are both now boned
You ghosts decayed, just go away