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Friday, September 30, 2011

Europa

(A preveal)

Europa fell on the battlefield. An acrid fog surrounding her end. Bitter thoughts and cramped emotions were all that remained when she flickered, staggered and passed.

A chromatic aberration across the skies had foretold her demise. Silver dishes, apocalyptic whines fired by lightening strikes, destroyers of states arrived with no other warning. Smoke stack after smoking stack belched and crumbled. The wasted land like the tide of an imaginary sea edged ever nearer to the borderedlands and Europa laid no response.

Multied voices never spoke as one. Fractures, splinters and devil words led to the blasted demise. She never mustered a knowing defence. Europa, tongue tied and black roast never ventured beyond simplistic mutterings that could never battle an imminent threat. She fell on the battlefield, at some future time to arise.

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