The Legacy of Tubal-Cain...

[BreweryYardRat]

Poems by Robert E. Howard, 4. (Man, even the Shakespeare's Thought series of posts gets more replies than this series.)

The Legacy Of Tubal-Cain

"No more!" they swear; I laugh to hear them speak.
And Tubal-Cain who lurks where the shadows shake:
"Break up the swords!" his jaws like iron creak;
"Faster than you may break them, I shall make!"
Yes, break the swords -- the old were far too blunt --
Make newer blades with edges diamond keen,
That when we strike, the breasts that bear the brunt
May thrill to beauty of their deathly sheen --
Oh, men who died in Flanders' bloody field,
Against the days to be, Death is your shield.

[TrogL]

1. Buy the man a chainsaw

Sounds like he could use one