Kevin the Incredible
"What you need is the correct attitude," he proclaimed."For properly ensuring terror in their little beating hearts, you must assume to be, well, terrifying."
Striking a pose, sun glinting from tip of tail to crest of nose. Rearing back on legs so powerful, chest thrust outward, wings spread to block out the sun.
With a snap, he pulled his wings back and bent in low, stated in a whisper so faint the man leaned in to hear, "A little hissing and a bit of fire makes the maidens hearts feel all a-flutter."
Onto all four feet he thumped back down, the land around jumped and shook.
"For the brave, naive knights, I slink real low, moving my head to and fro, for fun and a touch of panache, I do a little leap and land so that I can lightly toast his tin-canned behind. That always brings a gasp and a cheer," he smiled widely and muchly satisfied.
Leaping high into the air, wings majestically spread, perfect symmetry from snout to tail, he swooped very low, hovering above the tree tops, then over a hillock covered with sheep, scattering them, capturing two, he landed with a thump right next to the man.
"Pardon whilst I munch, its near elevenses, feel free to boil up some tea." While as delicately as could be, he shot flames out and toasted his mutton, then proceeded to bite and tear.
Burping gently, tendrils of smoke escaping his nostrils, he picked his teeth with his mighty talons.
"Now where was I, oh yes...to draw in the bigger crowds, it is necessary to flame a village or two, then snatch a wench or child," *they make excellent housekeepers for the cave* he said in an aside,"I would show but I am sure you can imagine it."
Settling himself into a small hollow, the dragon furled his mighty wings and beckoned the man closer.
"Do you see now? Have you grasped the point I am trying to make? In order for this partnership to prosper, I must insist that you raise the rates by 25%, that I and I alone have sole judgment on artistic expression, you must follow the script to the letter and please sir, please I beg you, stop billing yourself as Kevin the Incredible Wizard! Who ever heard of a wizard named Kevin? Try something exotic like Sir Drake or Mage Wonder or Merlin? Kevin...how boring....."
There I left them in the glade, the Dragon and Kevin the Incredible Wizard.
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Posted: Jul 2010
About this poem:
A different glimpse of dragons.
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