Tickling the Catastrophe

(on Gauntlets) 

“Thou sodden-witted lord! Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows” – Troilus and Cressida (Act Two, Scene One)

“Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.” 
– Monty Python 

“You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!” 
– Henry IV Part 2 (Act Two, Scene One)

::

All the world’s a rage
and we its players, entranced
and excited by its battle cry. 

We snub our foes 
and wield our (s)words 
as steel and insults fly.

A slap of glove, 
some unrequited yearning. 

A pox upon thine face 
(not worth sunburning). 

::
Quickly, day 20.

https://imprompt.wordpress.com/2022/11/20/day-20/

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