Axis & Allies - damowords

Ambush!
Follow faint traces of light & lazar
Along great lanes of space innumʹrable,
To these twin systems of a distant star,
Lockʹd in mortal combat incurable;
The Usgoth hordes
Embattle Dadgabbi,
Wielding electric swords in mystic chivalrie.
Upon the fringes of the fray
Debonair leuitenant rides
Upon a stately steed of grey,
That by the black vortex glides,
She splits the skies with startled neigh,
Assaulted on all sides,
The Knight hauls reigns & gallops into space,
Trailing his vapours three Gargants gave chase.
Upon a tapestry of stars
Hooves of quartz crystal pound,
The Usgoth Gaars, red battle cars,
Steadily gaining ground,
Tripping the light fantastic at the searing speed of sound.
Space
The Chase Ends
Just a wee spot on the dimple of time,
A billion galaxies all around us,
& them a wee spot, mere provincial clime,
With the universe spread always preponderous;
Where life & light
Home in on airy rocks,
Some mastering space‐flight, some shepherds & their flocks.
Amidst this endless star‐array
Balrog faced his pursuers
As tho a roman in the day
Of Tullus Hostillius ‐
Two sets of triplets made affray
For their populaces ‐
Him, some last unwounded Roman son,
Would face these three ‘Quirini’ one‐by‐one.
Combat is join’d, a flash of blades,
Two thrown into the void,
Last Usgoth fades, in Balrog wades
Some speeding asteroid,
& slays his foe, alas his steed by Usgoth spear annoyʹd.
Space