Chapter XXV: at the End of the Rainbow

Scene the Sixth: the Bastard's Dream


All stare, eye's glazed: 
Garage burned down the fire raged for 40 days and in forty ways, but through the blaze they see it fade; the Sea of Black, the beaming heat on their faces; then a figure emerges from the wastage, eyes transfixed with a piercing gaze, one hand clutching a sword raised to the sky, they wonder how, they wonder why; the sky turns white it all becomes clear, they felt lifted from their fears, in the light they shed their tears after six dark years:


Young, bold soldiers, the fire burns, cracks, and smolders, five years older and wiser, the fires are burning, on fire, never tire; slay warriors in the forest and on high: 


We sing; hear the strings rising, the War is over, the bells ring; memories fading: soldiers slaying; looks like Geezer's raving; the hazy fog over the bull ring, the lazy way the birds sing, a new babies born every day; and the crowds roar, they slay, they all say: 


"Stand by me my apprentice, be brave; clench fists." 

-Tricky Dick

The Final Countdown:

10. condiments for breakfast.

9. lives lost to curiosity.

8. days a week.  

7. not-so-deadly sins.

6. pick up sticks. 

5. sides to every coin. 

4. wards. 

3. roads diverged.

2. for the money

 (b.) or not too be.

I. have enough ego for the both of US.

Sentence: Run while you still can, after that get a taxi. 

Satori:

Rock bottom can be broken through!

Mantra:

Que-sera,-sera

Fossick:

The Ninth Square.

Chapter XXIV: Burning in the Melting Pot

Forward the Fifth: the Bastard's Lesson


Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste, I been around for a long year, stole many man's soul and faith. 


I watched with glee while your Kings and Queens fought for ten decades over Gods they made. Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name, but what's puzzling you is the nature of my game: 


Just as every Cop is a Criminal, 
and all the Sinners Saints,
as Heads Is Tails. 

- Rumpelstiltskin

The Flop


6 Clubs the dead lucky die.


7 Hearts crumbling the doom of destiny.


The Joker knows a magic trick.


The Turn


The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts.


The River


is most certainly less troubled than you. 


dance noun. a series of steps that match the speed and rhythm of a social gathering; movements in a piece of music. 


Sentence: A Monkey in hand, or at hand, is worth twelve in a tree. 

Satori:

Stupid is as Stupid doesn't!

Mantra:

Smile-n-nod-boys-smile-n-nod

Fossick:

Pointless Bulls-Eye.

Intermission: Heat of the Scene like an Active Volcano

in Hell

Anon, to sudden silence won, 

In fancy they pursue

The dream-child moving through a land

Of wonders wild and new,

In friendly chat with bird or beast-

And half believe it true. 

Chapter XXIII: on the Eve of War

Frolic the Fourth: the Hunting


You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. 
Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created the mess you got yourself into in the first place. You're going to die a horrible death, remember. It's all good training, and you'll enjoy it more if you keep the facts in mind.
Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less-advanced life-forms, and they'll call you crazy. 

Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past. 

-Billy Pilgrim

"I see," said the deaf man to the blind child. 

-MaleXandeR SuperTourisT

10 Points to Victory

1. Never go alone. solitude packs a punch. so pack a fire-arm to show him whats what. 

2. Never miss deadlines. their a better shot than you.

3. Never stray from trail. because that's not how trails are made.

4. Never forget weather conditions. their more important than the Alamo.

5. Never undervalue footwear. gas pedals require very heavy soles. 

6. Never under-hydrate. the planet has 75%. God(s/ess) forbid your internal percent drops below 90.

7. Never wear camouflage. cut down Birnam Wood and strap it to your backs instead. it's much easier. 

8. Never forage. history shows pillaging or embezzling is more the way to go. for headlines at least.

9. Never wander when lost. stay in one place. it will be familiar eventually. 

10. Never whistle while your pissing. these shoes were freshly polished. 

victory noun. the act of successful military engagement in a contest; defeating difficulties and obstacles, to the final and complete superiority over opponents and enemies and servants. the act of triumphing. 

Sentence: It's not a race to the end, the end is racing to you. 

Satori:

For ye know not when the time is!

Mantra:

It's-a-celebration!

Fossick:

Orion's Belt.