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“Execute the brutes!“
Once proclaimed, the masses sow
Fallacies follow
About the Creator
Matthew J. Fromm
Full-time nerd, history enthusiast, and proprietor of arcane knowledge.
Here there be dragons, knights, castles, and quests (plus the occasional dose of absurdity).
I can be reached at [email protected]
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Throne of the Beast
“Lock and load.” Knight One’s command echoed through his helmet, drowning out the helo’s thumping engines. Knight Two sat across from him, his mechanical gloves thumbing the safety on his oversized auto shotgun clad in etched black metal. Knight Four scoffed silently, his face obscured by the jet-black helmet. An uncivilized weapon for an uncivilized man. There are already enough of those in this godless world. Two always seemed unsettling, like a big frothing dog in a constant internal struggle of, “Should I bite or hump my master?” It was no wonder Callsign General loved Two, even if Callsign Archbishop barely tolerated him. One was the Archbishop's girl.
By Matthew J. FrommExclusive • 2 years ago
I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore6 days ago in Humans
Comments (9)
Another one that feels like an excerpt from a legend or classic tale!! Congrats on placing fifth on this week's leaderboard Matthew!!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Back to say congratulations on placing on Vocal's weekly Leader Board. Well done.
Indeed! Fallacies/‘constructed’ histories. At least I think that was your meaning. Extra slow tonight! 😅
Nicely put together! Told an unfortunate story in 3 lines. But I would have tried to fit 'idiots follow' in there somehow, lol. Nah! It would cheapen the tone. I like it just the way it is... But they are idiots.
Et tu, brutes?
This shows that history repeats itself, and not always for the better. Well done, I really like this one.
What's most striking about this poem is how it applies to the present as well as the past. Nothing good can come from mob mentality, yet that seems to be the tool that many rulers use. Well done on the haiku.
Ouch. This had a real bite to it and such a striking and vivid image to create with so few words. My bud, my man, you have done it again. Mixing history and poetry, so eloquently!