Nickolaus King

Tag: 2019

  • Akalar’s Lullaby

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    Nick

    Filed under “Murder” in the Londreg Constables’ evidence archive. Dear Mother, Business in Nasendra hardly ever seems like business, with the beauty of the country all around. I wish you could see it. It would do you well. I’ve spoken with a man here who knows a bit about safe…

  • Lost Siblings

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    Nick

    I lie awake in the orphanage bed,The songs have been sung and the prayers have been read.The kindly sisters have kissed our browsAnd tucked us in to let us drowse. I thought I heard you gently rise;It stopped my heart to realizeThat soft, tickling sound like the trickle of slobberIs…

  • Lost Little King

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    Nick

    I was a lost little kingIn a kingdom of velvetAll covered with goldAnd pearls that shone.A lovely land of leisure,All of my own makingResting on the shifting sand. But then a far, foreign kingIn a castle of crimsonDemanded that IShould pay him dues.A laughable proposalFor I was my own masterSo…