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By: Dshinichi
Posted on: August 18, 2006


O Foolish me,<br>
How could it be?<br>
That I was robbed,<br>
Oh so suddenly.<br>

I saw the thief in front of me,<br>
Just entered the realms had he,<br>
Blind fool, I bowed his way,<br>
With a flourish of my arm that ruined my day.<br>

Why oh why did I not see?<br>
His honours showed oh so clearly,<br>
The King of Thieves, the Prince of Gold,<br>
To run away, it would have told.<br>

Snap! Snap! His fingers went,<br>
And to his will, my mind was bent,<br>
There he stood grinning mischeviously,<br>
While my arms moved itself! I guarantee!<br>

My gold I took from my pack,<br>
I sorely regret not having a kitbag,<br>
The gold that I earned, the gold that was mine,<br>
I gave all to him, not left with a dime.<br>

Then he eyed my rapiers suspiciously,<br>
And gave a shrug helplessly,<br>
My rapiers, unwielded I passed to him,<br>
Gone like that, on a whim.<br>

I sobbed and sobbed uncontrollably,<br>
And this he did, perhaps out of pity?<br>
He gave me a shortsword from his pack,<br>
Laughed and said, "Go earn it back."<br>

There never was a fool such as me,<br>
To trust someone so blindly,<br>
The most foolish fool on Achaean lands,<br>
Be it Shallam, Cyrene or Minia and Lodi.<br>

Now I stand on this balcony,<br>
Glancing down, feeling melancholy,<br>
I give a pained sigh, and the shortsword a pat,<br>
Head off to the sewers to kill some rats.<br>