These Taboos Three
A Poem
By EvilFuzzy9
A/N: Here's a poem I wrote about the Three Taboos of the Shinobi: money, alcohol, and women.
I can imagine the ninja academy students having to recite something like this every morning before class.
You can keep your money -
I don't want it,
Valuable though it be.
I will neither idle sit
Nor give up my integrity -
That would make me unfit.
.
I have riches greater
Than all your dollars and cents,
And though I'm not a fighter,
I'll defy all your intents.
For gold is the Devil's color;
And these temptations he invents.
.
Do not try me, to tempt,
With pints of alcohol.
Drunkenness I hold in contempt -
That thing which makes all to fall,
From meanest wretch unkempt
To living legends tall.
.
'In vino veritas,' they say,
And true or not, it is indeed
Wise to avoid such a day
Where, in careless word or deed,
I should unwittingly betray
My comrades or this creed.
.
I will not stand for this,
I can't let it go on.
So take your lusty harlots,
With all their ways wanton -
For intercourse that's loveless,
Is man's worst abomination.
.
For I know a love more pure,
For my land and every friend:
A love which makes me sure,
That if with you I must contend,
Then I shall stubbornly endure
Until the very end.
.
So now you see,
As long as breath I take,
These taboos three
I will never, ever, break.
William (With a somewhat feigned expression of lofty boredom): Hm, it is... adequate.
DarkEvilFuzzy666: I don't think it's nearly dark and gloomy enough.
Treasure (Condescendingly): It's obviously not supposed to be those things, stupid. It's supposed to feel solemn and patriotic!
FairyKyūbi: --Snort-- Solemn? Patriotic? Bah! I want a fic with blood, guts, explosions, and t-ts! I want something exciting! I want some action, baby!
Treasure: …
DarkEviFuzzy666: …
William: …
FairyKyūbi: … Ah, who am I kidding. This guy can't write worth sh-t, anyways.
EvilFuzzy9 (Indignantly): Hey! I heard that!
TTFN and R&R!