The lust for bloodshed,   Cries and wails.   Broken domes,   Victory and fame,     Orphaned children,   Widowed women,   Corpses and crippled soldiers,   Defeat and shame.     Athena helped connive   While Ares watched lain   As Keres bore on   her rummage for the slain.     Dragons flew over   Breathing out the hot fire   Horses ran in menace   While the ruthless warriors   Kept slaying sans penance.     A realm is now demolished   Another expanded   A king’s head is chopped off   another smiles with triumph   With pride he looks   At the lives lost   While he prepares   For his kingdom   Of unwilling acolytes   Frigid women   dismayed orphans   and an empty throne..      Read more at Taj Mahal Review Dec. 2012 Issue                                     
Welcome to Paraferno - this is the story of a lackadaisically frantic and whimsical dame on an oneiric infernal paradise ;-)