Day at war

Flicker of fire

and where once were something,

There was nothing

and where was nothing, there was sand

Dunes, stunned like hare,

Watched the scene,

As great madams filled the air

And lured like mermaids obscene,

Soldiers into their deadly arms.

Madams were large cannon balls,

They were meant to kill and not much else,

Meant to destroy flash and halls,

Meant to brick havock and poison wells.