----------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE TALES OF AYELSFARN (An Aethereal Menagerie) (Second Edition) Copyright 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Includes all original and revised poetry and prose ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie I (1985) The Tales of Ayelsfarn; An Aetherial Managerie II (1991) Copyright 1985, 1991 by Robert Bryan Reinhardt ISBN 0-8059-2988-6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ .c2. Overdrive in entropy What are we 'gonna do? There's a stranger in you Clashing light and sound With the thunder - trash the ground You are mixing energy Overdrive in entropy. Now the crowd is overjoyed The institution is destroyed The dragon of darkness reers its ugly head Cries out that "All the innocent are dead!" It soon gets hard to think about what you wanted The fire-manifest breeds mortal fear The crowd clammers to the alter Too late, the chief fatedealer don't want to hear. Mercury beads of sweat are brazen, upon their 'brows Time for me to get out of here Paralyzing par fatalist The dragon growls: "Run, run baby, don't slow down, To get a little You have to give a lot. We all know you know how." You're wrapped up tight in your fantasies In the middle of the night You're only living, forward 'till friday night Down on your knees. "An ounce of pleasure for a pound of flesh Day of fun or night of pain. Hard to tell when you've had enough Never too hard, just a little too rough." Blending light and sound With the thunder - trash the ground Blinding ride into the night You are mixing energy Overdrive in entropy. When the dragon stirs As long as it feels right! -------------------------------------------------------- / / /__,_ _ o ____ /_ __. __ /_) (_