Axis & Allies - damowords

The Sorceress
The Long Horn leads his steed thro Tulgey wood,
On evʹry side bewitching whispering,
A phantom cry to curdle human blood,
What fence of ghoulish eyes lights this clearing
Where tooth gate grown,
Fangʹd entrance to her lair,
This gaunt, dishevellʹd crone with such a hellish stare.
He stept thro arms framing a door,
Enterʹd gloom as black as tar,
ʺI have not seen your like before!ʺ
ʺI am from another star...ʺ
ʺCome sup this flesh, this putrid sore,ʺ
Cacklʹd Baba Yaga,
Passing her guest a leg of leprosie,
He drank & thankʹd for help, her only fee
A draught of blood, he slit his wrist,
Her beastly thirst to slake,
O mystic tryst, at witch‐door hissʹd
Gigantic scarlet snake,
ʺThis is sharp mawʹd Zmei Gorynich, you to the beast shall
take...ʺ
Asia
The Bargain
In the Necropolis’ most deepest tomb,
Far from the prying eyes of Seraphim,
Balrog swept down the shit‐clad catacomb,
Unto the Anti‐Heaven’s inner rim;
Wide halls of bone,
The caterwauls defied,
Before the serpent throne beat his fantastic glide.
ʺO suave, majestic demagogue
Fate my form has brought ‘fore thee,
The cosmos knows me as Balrog,
Lieutenant of Dadghabbi,
In these claws I command a cog,
Heights of technology,
With it you can defeat thy cursed foes…ʺ
His chrome circlet with sparkling azure glows.
ʺWhat is the price ʺ “A war!ʺ ʺIndeed
I can arrange the course ‐
But whyʺ ʺMy steed may only feed
Upon the mortal sauce...ʺ
Low whinnies of encouragement crept from his weaken’d
horse.
Pandemonium