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🎄#AkuChristmasPoetry🎄
🎁 ANNUAL TRADITION 🎁
When what to my flaming eyes should appear,
But a Japanese sleigh, and eight Scottish reindeer,
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The moon shone above reflecting on the snow,
Gave dramatic lighting to the upcoming show;
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Away to my chambers I rushed to the scene,
Removed the flame decor, and unzipped my screen.
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When outside the pit I o'erheard such a shatter!
I arose from my bed to see what was the matter.
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And Aku, which is me, all safe in my keep,
Had just settled down for a long, burning sleep--
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The children were captured, all trapped in their cells,
While visions of torture made their lives living hells.
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The prisoners were hung on the tower with care,
In hopes that the Samurai soon would be there;
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the land,
Not a village left burning, just rubble and sand;
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But I rose from the Pit to emphatically say—
"Happy Christmas, Samurai! I'll destroy you someday!"
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Jack jumped into his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew, like a tomahawk missile:
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And back on my screen I at long last did see,
The reindeer and Samurai were starting to flee.
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With a message that read, "Aku, there is joy in good work",
"Merry Christmas to you", Good grief, what a jerk!
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The tower, now barren, filled me with great dread,
The Samurai left behind just... presents instead?
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The prisoners had been freed, by the reindeer themselves,
And I groaned when I saw that, in spite of myselves;
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I quickly pursued him, but much to my dismay,
An ulterior plan had already been in play:
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When all of a sudden he darted away,
So confused, the word "Huh?" was all I could say.
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He jumped all about, tried to cut me in two,
And I morphed several times as our fight continued;
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My eyes,—how they twinkled! The laser: such power,
Our battle raged on, for what felt like an hour;
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He stood there some more, longer than most people would,
Then he crouched to the ground, and then he "jumped good"!
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He stood there in silence, and we spoke not a word,
And with a twist of his hand he reached for his sword;