A/N: as per chapter one. A short poem relating to "The Adventure of the Dancing Men". Contains spoilers, and probably makes more sense if you have read this story.
Holmes and companions do not belong to me.
A rondeau.
Dancing Men
Those dancing men: a haunted bride;
Her troubled husband, terrified,
Who asks if we'll investigate
The scribbled forms which lie in wait,
And learn what she's compelled to hide.
~o~
As words and patterns coincide,
We read the coded threat implied,
And wonder who has helped create
Those dancing men.
~o~
All other thoughts are cast aside
As past and present lives collide.
A note deciphered far too late;
A bullet's track to mark their fate.
All future happiness denied
By dancing men.
~o~
End
a/n2:A rondeau (French) is usually 13 to 15 lines long; the first half of the first line ends the second and third verses. Longer lines have 8 syllables, shorter ones have 4.