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King Lear - A Tragedy

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Act XX – The beach below Shakespeare Cliff, Dover

He pulled out what looked like a stick
In the shape of a rather large prick.
‘We’ll fix this in front.
It’ll go right up your cunt
So you don’t suffocate too quick.’

‘This has been carved out lovely by hand,
And I hope you can understand.
It’s a work of art,
For you, little tart,
And really is something quite grand.’

‘The surface has been left very rough,
And its girth is more than enough,
To give your pussy so much pain,
That you’ll never again,
Believe that you are really quite tough.’

‘You’ll dance up and down on this cock,
And the crowd here around you will flock.
If you want to keep breathing,
This prick you’ll keep wreathing,
Until on death’s door you do knock.’

The captain now turned to his men,
And he said to Bill and to Ben,
‘Now spread her legs wide,
So I can put this inside,
And she will have cock once again.’

The girl’s position the captain now checks.
In her arms there must be no flex.
Cordelia can feel well,
That it makes her pussy swell,
When he slowly inserts the prick in her sex.

The splinters rip apart her insides,
As the captain deeper the cornu guides.
Cordelia tries to resist,
With a lunge and a twist,
And a few choice words besides.

‘Out, vile jelly,’ Cordelia cries.
‘Take it out, it’s too big a size.’
Edmund laughed more,
‘I’ve heard that before,’
He chuckled with tears in his eyes.

With her sore cunt now fully impaled,
Cordelia with more agony wailed.
The captain got two spikes,
And with a few fearsome strikes,
The cornu fast onto the cross he nailed.

‘How do you want me to position her legs?’
The captain to Edmund he begs.
‘I’ll let you decide,
But I want them spread wide,
Like a whore who’s really the dregs.’

‘Right, we’ll nail her feet to each side.
Then her cunt she won’t be able to hide.’
He placed her right foot,
And on the instep he put
Another spike with workmanlike pride.

He smashed as hard as he could on the nail,
And heard the young traitor loudly wail.
He paid no heed,
And finished his deed,
As she struggled, but to no avail.

The spikes split the bones of her feet,
And nailed them to the upright quite neat.
Her knees were just bent,
To such an extent,
That the view of her sex was complete.

Cordelia’s lovely body convulsed,
As agony from her feet to her brain pulsed.
Her breasts trembled,
And all assembled
By the scene were not at all repulsed.

Cordelia’s eyes in her head rolled back.
Her mouth was open, jaw slack.
‘Douse her with brine.
She’ll soon be fine.
A will to live, she doesn’t yet lack.’

‘If it’s fluids she needs,’ said a man.
‘Help her out I think I can.’
From his dirty short smock
He pulled out his cock,
And to piss on her face he began.

It all happened incredibly fast,
And before many seconds had passed,
Dozens of men were queueing,
And their breeches undoing,
Their foul wee on the poor girl to cast.

The guards at this time all stood back,
Afraid the drunken mob would attack.
They watched from close by,
As wee started to fly,
And across the girl’s body did track.

Some pissed for a while on her tits,
And her cunt received plenty of hits.
They peed on her face,
With no kind of grace.
Their behaviour was really the pits.

They laughed and shouted, did the yobs.
Oblivious to the girl’s plaintive sobs.
‘Here, have a drink!
You’re loving this I think!’
They punctuated their cries with big gobs.

At last the peeing and spitting abated.
With the drunken mob highly elated.
The captain shouted, unfazed,
‘It’s time for her cross to be raised.’
And room for the raising they created.

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Act XXI – The beach below Shakespeare Cliff, Dover

The captain fetched an oblong wooden board,
Upon which was a single word scrawled.
‘Traitor,’ it said.
He nailed it above her head,
To cheers from the onlooking horde.

The captain saw the crowd’s eager faces,
And swiftly got his guards to their places.
The patibulum was well roped,
And the captain just hoped
He could put his team through their paces.

‘Push the stipes up slowly from the back,
While at the front you take up the slack,’
He shouted out loudly,
Then looked on quite proudly,
As his men kept the raising on track.

The base of the cross found the hole,
And sank slowly down to its goal.
Six feet it was deep,
So it really would keep
The cross steady and under control.

Cordelia felt the cross become tilted,
Though the movements were a little bit stilted.
A white gull or two,
Then the sea came into view,
But her body still remained wilted.

The cross came to a stop with a thud,
And the cornu crushed the poor girl’s bud.
Lightning shot down her arms,
Causing the girl great alarms,
And from her wrists trickled trails of fresh blood.

Of her pain there could be no doubt,
When in agony Cordelia cried out.
Her screams were so shrill,
Until her body became still,
With her mouth in a tormented pout.

‘Make sure she faces out to sea,
Where gulls will always fly free.
As she has her last dance,
She can look over to France,
Knowing there again she never will be.’

The guards filled up the hole with sand,
And any round pebbles on hand.
They made sure it was firm,
So if the traitor should squirm,
Her cross would still solidly stand.

To keep at bay the drunken dross,
They pounded in posts round the cross.
They joined them with rope,
In the optimistic hope
It would show the crowd who was boss.

The guards erected a tent,
And into it some of them went.
A shelter from the heat,
That was really neat,
Where restful hours could be spent.

Edmund looked up at the girl.
His mind in a great, heady swirl.
Her breasts were without flaws,
But her hands were like claws,
And her toes were starting to curl.

Her head rested on her right arm,
As if trying to shelter from harm.
Her hair was all matted,
When once it was plaited,
But her face still held real charm.

Her body was really just grand,
From her foot right up to her hand.
Slim legs with great thighs,
Full breasts that did rise,
Each time her chest did expand.

The captain to the girl went up close,
Her foul stench invaded his nose.
His head was right in front
Of her sore, impaled cunt,
That very rudely on the cornu did pose.

Already in the hot afternoon sun,
The girl’s beautiful skin had begun,
To burn the colour of scarlet,
Like a true East End harlot,
And with a mix of pee’n’sweat did it run.

Soon the girl’s chest was barely expanding,
And there could be no misunderstanding.
This girl would soon die,
If she didn’t now try
To do as he’d be commanding.

‘To breathe deep you must push up with your legs.
You can use the spikes just like pegs,
You must bend your arms
As you show us your charms.
That’s what the crowd here begs.’

‘When you straighten your legs all the way,
The wood in your pussy will stay.
It’s made to fit well,
I hope you can tell,
And keep you nicely on display.’

She steeled herself with guttural sighs,
Then tensed the muscles of her thighs,
She just had the strength
To rise up the length
Of the cornu to her great surprise.

Cordelia tearfully did as she was told.
But didn’t expect what would unfold.
Though the pain was severe,
Pleasure was also near,
As the rise and fall of her body she controlled.

The rough wooden cock in her cunt
Found her sweet spot and made the girl grunt.
She wiggled her ass,
Like a wanton, young lass,
As for that perfect place she did hunt.

As she slowly moved her sex up and down,
An open-mouthed smile replaced her frown.
This really was bliss
For the tortured young miss,
Who in waves of ecstasy did drown.

The crowd looked on quite astounded,
As the girl continued unbounded.
Her wild sexy dance
Put them all in a trance,
As the girl on her cross they surrounded.

As though she were in a wild, sexy dream,
She let the rough wood continue to ream
Her pussy so sore
It did bleed more and more,
And down the stipes did stream.

Her biceps now worked extra hard,
And she was just able to disregard
The fresh blood that trickled,
And the agony that prickled,
From her wrists that by nails were so scarred.

At last the writhing girl was finally cumming.
And the crowd were literally humming.
Her grunts and her groans,
Her gasps and her moans
A lady were really unbecoming.

Said a lad to a pretty, young wench,
‘I’ve heard she liked shagging the French.
When her sweet spot hits,
She sticks out her tits,
And her cunt around the dildo does clench.’

‘That sure is a right sexy dance,
And I could do with a little romance.’
He put his hand up her skirt,
And pinched her clit ‘til it hurt.
‘What do you reckon, girl? Any chance?’

He pushed the wench down on the sand,
And skilfully guided his hand,
To squeeze her small tit,
While his cock pierced her slit,
And he fucked her very hard, as he’d planned.

In the end Cordelia hung slumped,
Having herself so deliciously humped.
The crowd all clapped,
And each other’s backs slapped,
And their fists in the air wildly pumped.

‘What a wonderful show!’ someone shouted.
‘What a disgusting whore, who could doubt it!’
‘She belongs on the stage.’
‘More like in a cage.’
The insults were readily spouted.

With that erotic performance now over,
On the beach by the white cliffs of Dover.
The crowd took to drinking,
Barrels of ale they were sinking,
And cheap bottles of rum, moreover.

The young wench was all out of luck,
As other lads now wanted a fuck.
She was distraught,
With all her might she fought,
As on her nipple a young guy did suck.

Soon the poor girl was stripped bare,
And sand had matted her hair.
The lad who was on top
Was not going to stop
Until her sweet cunt he did tear.

Her pale, skinny body was bucking,
All the while the laughing boy was rough fucking.
Ragged nails scratched her tits,
Tearing them half to bits,
When the boy on her teats was not sucking.

When he finished the lads all swapped round,
Keeping the girl firmly pinned to the ground.
The next took his turn,
And the poor girl did learn,
That he too her pussy would pound.

Now the poor girl was crying,
While on the hot sand she was lying.
As one after another,
Be they friend or brother,
The lads to fuck her the hardest were vying.

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Act XXII – The beach below Shakespeare Cliff, Dover

In the boiling hot afternoon sun,
The picnics had now begun.
The pace was slowing,
And the beer was still flowing,
But for poor Cordelia there was none.

She hung quite still on her cross.
For the crowd she gave not a toss.
Her breathing was lowly,
And her chest rose only slowly.
The burning sun was clearly the boss.

She rose up to take in some air
As frequently as she could dare.
She closed tight her eyes,
As the cramps wracking her thighs,
Were more than she really could bear.

She swooned in the sweltering heat,
With sweat dripping down from her feet.
Her breasts were now burning,
And her heart was yearning,
For a quick death as a last treat.

Her hands now were completely numb.
Each digit; finger or thumb.
Her throat was so dry,
She knew exactly why,
She now was also quite dumb.

On her tattered back her blood was congealing,
With nerves shredded she now had no feeling.
Of skin it was stripped,
And her flesh was so ripped
That there was no possibility of healing.

Each time she rose up a little
Her whole body felt very brittle.
The great pain in her cunt
Still made her grunt,
And drip from her chin a little spittle.

Some lads thought up a new game,
To add to the poor lady’s shame.
They made balls of sand,
Expertly by hand,
And at the splayed girl they did aim.

A nipple hit won some good points,
Fewer for one of her joints.
Her bush was great
And her face scored eight,
But a total miss really disappoints.

The captain kept watch over the scene,
And sometimes he vented his spleen.
When the crowd got too close
He gave him a dose
Of straight talk, that was sometimes obscene.

He also saw when the girl got too hot,
That his guards never forgot,
To pour pales of sea water,
That they regularly brought her,
Over her body where she did squat.

‘Try and keep her as cool as you can,’
Ordered the captain to his main man.
‘She must not die early,’
He sounded quite surly,
As spoke to the guard named Stan.

Of seagulls there were now quite a flock,
On the beach all running amok.
They readily fed
On any leftover bread,
Which they took to a nearby rock.

The hours slowly passed for the traitor.
And now even the seagulls would bate her.
On the stipes one perched,
And when suddenly it lurched,
It shat on her head moments later.

Some local minstrels came along,
To play a tune and sing a song.
The words were jolly,
As sung by Polly,
From the local tavern, the ‘Froggie Pong'.

With their fill of warm beer and hot sun,
The guys and gals were having fun.
The party was on,
All inhibitions were gone,
And community singing just begun.

‘Always look on the bright side of life.
Always look on the light side of life.
You’re a piece of shit,
When you look at it.
You’re even more ugly than my wife!’

Cordelia just about kept on breathing,
As the strength in her legs was leaving.
Each time the cornu she rode,
More red blood down it flowed,
As her sore cunt the rough wood was wreathing.

To the drunken crowd’s great delight,
Two young girls then started to fight.
With punches and kicks
Came all sorts of tricks.
They really made quite a sight.

One girl was forced down on the sand,
Where with a loud grunt she did land.
The one atop used her thumb
With quite some aplomb,
And with a great shout did demand.

‘Out, vile jelly!’ she screamed,
As the sweat on her face brightly gleamed.
Her thumb tried to prise,
One of the other girl’s eyes,
From which her blood readily streamed.

The guards had seen quite enough.
This really had got too rough.
They ended the biting,
Gouging and fighting,
And led them away by the scruff.

The wench from earlier had been gagged,
And around the whole beach had been dragged.
Many girls abused her,
And dozens of young men used her.
In her cunt and ass she’d been shagged.

When at last she escaped, the guards caught her,
And to their own tent they brought her.
Barb was eighteen, she said,
As she gave them all head,
And swallowed the lot, as they’d taught her.

The captain soon took his turn,
And told the young wench she should learn,
To use her tongue more,
If she wanted to score,
And more copper coins to earn.

As evening came, the crowds grew thinner,
As people left to have dinner.
The beach was now boring,
And the young men would go whoring,
With thoughts of the sexy, dying sinner.

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Act XXIII – The beach below Shakespeare Cliff, Dover

As night slowly began to fall,
Edmund on Cordelia did call.
Her skin was burnt red,
From her toes to her head,
And on it many insects did crawl.

With a dagger Edmund poked at her tit,
That looked like it had been on a spit.
‘I like a well-done steak,
With wine and some cake.
I think I’ll cut off a bit.’

The captain hoped he was joking,
As Edmund the tit kept on poking.
He put the dagger away,
And went on to say,
‘That girl’s now fit for no King.’

‘It is time that I must now leave.
It’s been a great day, I believe.
My status is elevated,
And I feel quite elated,
Such a great spectacle to achieve.’

‘I’ll come back again in the morning,’
He said as he was yawning.
‘She may still be alive,
When I arrive,
And a new day for us will be dawning.’

‘Have a good night,’ the captain replied.
‘We will stay here by her side.
The air will be cool,
And the flies will be cruel,
And the biting ants will not be denied.’

He watched Edmund slowly leave the beach,
And into his pocket did reach.
He took a sip from his flask,
Then returned to his task,
His team about crucifixion to teach.

‘Now the burning sun has gone down,
Over the cliff top near the old town.
There’s no need to water
King Lear’s dying daughter,’
He said to his men with a frown.

‘The laws of nature we’ll enforce.
And let the will of God take its course.
If she loses her fight,
And dies in the night,
We shall all have no remorse.’

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King Lear concludes this weekend.
Will Cordelia be saved, or will death be her friend?
As you will soon find out,
There is one final shout,
'Out, vile jelly' - this is the end!
 
Loinclothslave is still hoping
Despite Cordelia not coping
For another taste
Of the scourge in haste
Before she’s unable to be hoping

Cordelia's treatment has been rough,
But for some, I guess, not rough enough!
Edmund could now scourge her tits,
And rip them all to bits,
Which for the traitor would be kind of tough!
 
Act XXIV – The beach below Shakespeare Cliff, Dover

Cordelia was looking a mess.
Her face showed signs of great stress.
Her clawed hands were blue,
With a dark purple hue.
Gone was her earlier finesse.

An onshore breeze picked up sand,
And on poor Cordelia much did land.
It stuck to the sweat,
That made her so wet,
And dirtied her skin, foot to hand.

Cordelia on her cross was squirming,
And with whimpering moans confirming,
Fresh agonies were igniting,
With flies and gnats biting,
And the ants inside her were worming.

Bats in a swarm did surround her,
And flew in circles around her,
They feasted on flies,
In front of her eyes,
And then with their own fangs they found her.

The wounds on her back began to fester,
As pests strove to infest her.
The red ants were stinging,
So much pain were they bringing,
That madness almost possessed her.

Her skin became marked up with hives,
Like a whore from the sleazy town dives.
Her tossing to and fro,
Caused more blood to flow.
Food on which many a pest thrives.

Her arms with blood were now coated,
And, like her legs, they looked bloated.
Trails of blood down her flanks,
Were fed on with thanks,
While her anguish the girl’s face emoted.

Wild dogs roamed the moonlit beach,
Scavenging leftover food within reach.
They howled at the moon,
Until quite soon,
From up above came a predator’s screech.

A barn owl flew down from the sky,
Swooping silently from up on high.
It landed on the girl’s arm,
Like a lucky charm,
And stared at her right in the eye.

The bird had a beautiful face,
And flew with a powerful grace.
But its short, hooked beak,
Made Cordelia shriek,
As along her arm it did pace.

The owl had the air of the wise,
With its big head and very wide eyes.
It stared at her unblinking,
As though it was thinking,
‘I’ve found myself a right tasty prize.’

Its sharp talons hurt quite a bit,
Especially when it hopped onto her tit.
With a bend of its neck,
It took a quick peck,
And her nipple did easily split.

As Cordelia gasped in despair,
The owl became more aware,
Of the very tasty meat,
Here for it to eat,
And so again at her teat it did tear.

Many times it flew back to its nest,
With mouthfuls of flesh from her breast.
Its chicks could thrive,
And more likely survive,
If with such nutritious food they were blessed.

Her nipples were gone and breasts bleeding,
Where the beautiful owl had been feeding.
Gory ribbons of flesh
Dangled afresh,
As it pecked and tore quite unheeding.

The guards looked on from their tent,
At Cordelia’s desperate torment.
The captain said, ‘Hey,
This is just nature’s way.’
As the owl her soft breasts did rent.

Barb crawled across the beach on her knees,
The guards she could no longer please.
To her mouth she put her hand,
As she puked on the sand,
And from her cunt dripped smelly cream cheese.

The guards had used her for hours,
Exploiting their judicial powers.
They’d filled all her holes,
With their long, rigid poles,
And given her regular golden showers.

The full moon shone bright in the sky,
As the barn owl hooted from on high.
The guards restlessly paced,
And their minds anxiously raced,
Wondering if now Cordelia would die.

In the air there was a great deal more chill,
And the girl was now completely still.
The captain came near,
In order to hear
The final words that from her mouth would spill.

He looked up at her sunburnt face,
Red and sore, but still with some grace.
Her nose was peeling,
And had lost all feeling,
And her eyes were staring into space.

She whispered through lips that were bleeding.
‘There is no pain, you are receding,
I, I, I have become,
Comfortably numb.’
Her life on this Earth she was ceding.

Four runny globs of poo hit the sand,
And the captain pinched his nose with his hand.
‘That smells so foul,’
He thought with a scowl,
‘Shitting like that should be banned.’

Cordelia closed her eyes just before,
A last gob of spittle hit the floor.
Each guard bowed their head,
As their captain solemnly said,
‘Rest in peace, be tormented no more.’

‘I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.
Though I hope that is not very soon.’
The guards raised a toast,
To the girl on the coast,
They had killed on the hot, sandy dune.

‘It seems to me quite a pity,
That she’s hanging there looking so shitty,’
Said a younger guard,
‘I do regard
Her as being really quite pretty.’

‘The night when we were in her cell,
Her ladylike charms did me well.
Her eyes were bright,
And her cunt real tight.
That she was a woman of breeding I could tell.’

‘Her skin was as smooth as plaster,
And the colour of pure alabaster.
Fucking her was great,
And I really do hate
The destiny fate has now cast her.’

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Act XXIV – The beach below Shakespeare Cliff, Dover

Cordelia was looking a mess.
Her face showed signs of great stress.
Her clawed hands were blue,
With a dark purple hue.
Gone was her earlier finesse.

An onshore breeze picked up sand,
And on poor Cordelia much did land.
It stuck to the sweat,
That made her so wet,
And dirtied her skin, foot to hand.

Cordelia on her cross was squirming,
And with whimpering moans confirming,
Fresh agonies were igniting,
With flies and gnats biting,
And the ants inside her were worming.

Bats in a swarm did surround her,
And flew in circles around her,
They feasted on flies,
In front of her eyes,
And then with their own fangs they found her.

The wounds on her back began to fester,
As pests strove to infest her.
The red ants were stinging,
So much pain were they bringing,
That madness almost possessed her.

Her skin became marked up with hives,
Like a whore from the sleazy town dives.
Her tossing to and fro,
Caused more blood to flow.
Food on which many a pest thrives.

Her arms with blood were now coated,
And, like her legs, they looked bloated.
Trails of blood down her flanks,
Were fed on with thanks,
While her anguish the girl’s face emoted.

Wild dogs roamed the moonlit beach,
Scavenging leftover food within reach.
They howled at the moon,
Until quite soon,
From up above came a predator’s screech.

A barn owl flew down from the sky,
Swooping silently from up on high.
It landed on the girl’s arm,
Like a lucky charm,
And stared at her right in the eye.

The bird had a beautiful face,
And flew with a powerful grace.
But its short, hooked beak,
Made Cordelia shriek,
As along her arm it did pace.

The owl had the air of the wise,
With its big head and very wide eyes.
It stared at her unblinking,
As though it was thinking,
‘I’ve found myself a right tasty prize.’

Its sharp talons hurt quite a bit,
Especially when it hopped onto her tit.
With a bend of its neck,
It took a quick peck,
And her nipple did easily split.

As Cordelia gasped in despair,
The owl became more aware,
Of the very tasty meat,
Here for it to eat,
And so again at her teat it did tear.

Many times it flew back to its nest,
With mouthfuls of flesh from her breast.
Its chicks could thrive,
And more likely survive,
If with such nutritious food they were blessed.

Her nipples were gone and breasts bleeding,
Where the beautiful owl had been feeding.
Gory ribbons of flesh
Dangled afresh,
As it pecked and tore quite unheeding.

The guards looked on from their tent,
At Cordelia’s desperate torment.
The captain said, ‘Hey,
This is just nature’s way.’
As the owl her soft breasts did rent.

Barb crawled across the beach on her knees,
The guards she could no longer please.
To her mouth she put her hand,
As she puked on the sand,
And from her cunt dripped smelly cream cheese.

The guards had used her for hours,
Exploiting their judicial powers.
They’d filled all her holes,
With their long, rigid poles,
And given her regular golden showers.

The full moon shone bright in the sky,
As the barn owl hooted from on high.
The guards restlessly paced,
And their minds anxiously raced,
Wondering if now Cordelia would die.

In the air there was a great deal more chill,
And the girl was now completely still.
The captain came near,
In order to hear
The final words that from her mouth would spill.

He looked up at her sunburnt face,
Red and sore, but still with some grace.
Her nose was peeling,
And had lost all feeling,
And her eyes were staring into space.

She whispered through lips that were bleeding.
‘There is no pain, you are receding,
I, I, I have become,
Comfortably numb.’
Her life on this Earth she was ceding.

Four runny globs of poo hit the sand,
And the captain pinched his nose with his hand.
‘That smells so foul,’
He thought with a scowl,
‘Shitting like that should be banned.’

Cordelia closed her eyes just before,
A last gob of spittle hit the floor.
Each guard bowed their head,
As their captain solemnly said,
‘Rest in peace, be tormented no more.’

‘I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.
Though I hope that is not very soon.’
The guards raised a toast,
To the girl on the coast,
They had killed on the hot, sandy dune.

‘It seems to me quite a pity,
That she’s hanging there looking so shitty,’
Said a younger guard,
‘I do regard
Her as being really quite pretty.’

‘The night when we were in her cell,
Her ladylike charms did me well.
Her eyes were bright,
And her cunt real tight.
That she was a woman of breeding I could tell.’

‘Her skin was as smooth as plaster,
And the colour of pure alabaster.
Fucking her was great,
And I really do hate
The destiny fate has now cast her.’

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Okay, you win, who needs a scourge when you have freaking owls rending her breasts flesh!

And gotta love the Pink Floyd references- first time I’ve heard them associated with Shakespeare or crucifixion!

Great read. @Davec5299 thank you, amazing effort
 
Act XXV – The beach below Shakespeare Cliff, Dover

The sun was fast rising in the East,
And Cordelia had been blessed by the priest.
With the owl at roost,
The dawn produced
A huge flock of seagulls out to feast.

The hook-beaked birds dived and swooped,
And on the guards and Cordelia they pooped.
They were in the mood,
To eat plenty of food,
And on the dead girl they hungrily grouped.

In minutes they’d plucked out both eyes,
‘Out, vile jelly,’ came sarcastic cries.
The guards were transfixed,
Their feelings quite mixed,
As the gulls set about eating their prize.

The captain looked on at the scene,
‘In a few hours they’ll pick her bones clean.
There’ll be fat gulls over
The white cliffs of Dover.
Just wait and see what I mean.’

Suddenly a loud pistol shot rang out,
Followed by a man’s full-blooded shout.
‘Away, foul pests!
Back to your nests.’
A soldier on a horse was about.

‘From Edmund I have a clear order.
Confirmed by the official recorder.
Cordelia is free,
So let it be.’
The rider pointed his hand toward her.

‘Edmund on his death bed is lying,
Wounded by Edgar, there’s no denying.
He has decreed
To use all speed,
And save this wretched girl from dying.’

The horseman handed the captain a writ,
While firmly on his mount he did sit.
‘This order looks true,
But I can tell you,
It’s far too late the girl to acquit.’

‘She’s been on the cross night and day.
For her crimes she had to pay.
We’ll take her down,
And give her a gown,
But stone dead forever she’ll stay.’

Off the torturous cornu they raised her,
Remembering how much it had crazed her.
They prised out the spikes,
Using long wooden pikes.
Not caring how much the wood grazed her.

An old man shuffled across the sand,
Hunched right over with bible in hand.
His voice was weak,
As he tried to speak,
‘To see Cordelia, I do demand.’

He held the dead girl tight to his chest,
And lovingly her lank hair caressed.
With failing breath,
On the verge of death,
His endless love for her he professed.

‘Have I told you lately that I love you.
Have I told you there's no one else above you.
You fill my heart with gladness,
Take away all my sadness,
Ease my troubles, that's what you do’

The guards shooed away the ravenous birds.
While Lear sat oblivious amongst the turds,
‘An Irish ditty,
Uplifting and pretty.’
The captain remarked, ‘What wonderful words.’

‘It’s time now for us all to depart,
And leave King Lear and his broken heart.
A tragic tale,
Of death by nail,
In which we played a very large part.’

‘Now that you’ve all been paid,
Go into town and get yourselves laid.’
‘We know the drill, Sir.
And yes we will, Sir.’
With a salute their merry way they made.

‘For these fine men, I’m full of praise.
Surreal have been the last few days.
Rape, torture and death,
To the very last breath,
Like one of those damn Shakespeare plays.’


********** The End **********

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I agree it is brilliant stuff and just what we need these miserable November days. Still puzzled about A L Fielden.

A L Fielden is the name I use when I write stories.

There are four other published stories by A L Fielden on the GIMP site in the stories section. There are lots of great stories there if that's what you like, and they are freely and easily accessible.

All four were written many years ago. None are written in verse, and none include crucifixion. Clues as to subject content are in the titles. :naughty2: Direct links are:





You may note that the lead female character for the fifth story should have started with an E, but Mr Shakespeare rather messed that up. If there's real demand for a new story - no limericks and probably no crux - then I have lots of ideas and may be persuaded next year.
 
For these fine men, I’m full of praise.
Surreal have been the last few days.
Rape, torture and death,
To the very last breath,
Like one of those damn Shakespeare plays.
Great to end on a lampshade. Which play is it where one of the characters turns to the audience and says “ if this were played upon a stage ‘twould never be believed!”
:p
No doubt you are thinking in Limerick form by now, it gets into your head doesn’t it. Wonderful work, and you described a rather more intense crux scene than I was expecting, but with such aplomb!
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No doubt you are thinking in Limerick form by now, it gets into your head doesn’t it. Wonderful work, and you described a rather more intense crux scene than I was expecting, but with such aplomb!

Yes, for about a month I was thinking in rhyming verses. If I thought of a good two-line verse I just had to add it in somehow. I'd type it on my phone or else I'd forget it. Then I'd try and insert it and find I'd already included it exactly the same, or very slightly differently!

Still, it was great fun, and an interesting challenge, and I just had to try and make it a coherent story with a finale that befitted the Crux Forum audience, as well as a lot of limericks.
 
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