April 6 Word of the Day: Northland
Exiting
cinema into daylight
Thick thud of Action in our heads
One
question looms and envelopes:
Is
Northland Smaug’s Lair
Or Smaug’s
Lair Northland?
Jewellery
strewn about, gems in profusion,
In
corridor after corridor,
Coins
in thousands shine,
Close
to touch, impossible to take:
Mountains
of slippery valuables.
And
a dragon’s eyes follow us,
Closed
circuit cameras
Ready
should we think of lifting
The
Arkenstone from its $2 Shop,
Prompting
fiery wrath on us all.
Bell
Street should be easier
But
for these newfangled Euro cars
Death
in their headlights
Orcs,
Shelobs and the like
Charging
across bedraggled vision
.
True,
wizard carers are out there
And
I am not telling you
The
secret I carry on my person,
But
is home home
Or
another Lake-town of Unpredictables?
[February
2014, retrieved and reworked April 2026]
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