Author's note: This poem is inspired by and dedicated to Oleander's One; more specifically, to her character Maynee Brosca who appears in Intemperance. She also appeared in my head last night and said, "You. Pay attention, 'cos I'm only saying this once."


Brosca's Battlecry

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What do you think
you're looking at, duster?
You don't know anything
of my story. You never will

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I won't tell it.

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You're big, sure. I'm bigger
where it counts.

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What do you think
you are? Unstoppable
invincible, a god,
a hero, some kind of fighter,
stronger than me
or faster?

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Duster, I am
stone.

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Everything you throw at me
I'll endure. You can kill
maybe
but I'll live. You can take
everything
but I won't miss it.
You can have the last word

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I don't want it.

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Silence
always remains.
Stone is silent and I am
stone.

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You'll never win
sodding blighter, dirty
fighter, you nug-humping
son of a bronto:

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I am Maynee Brosca
and you are just Life.