Young Beowulf Learns of Love and Rejection

Obviously,

the woman lacked brains.

How could she not appreciate

the personal attention to detail

inherent in a bouquet of limbs

torn from the shoulders of trolls?

Yes, the oath to out-drink

the entire lodge in her honor

might have been ill-professed,

but couldn’t she see the tender heart

his ripped frame concealed?

Unperturbed,

he prepared to try again.

perhaps a rousing war song,

bellowed beneath her window,

would win his lady’s love.

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