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Gardening spiders
And
swords that are broken
Words in the Black Speech
That must not be spoken
Unfaithful stewards
Who don't want their kings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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When the orc bites,
when the probe stings
When I'm feeling bad
I simply remember
My favorite kings
And I don't feel so bad.
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Peddlers who drive their
Mysterious wagons
Petite young ladies
Who can speak to dragons
Travelling the Cosmos
In a
ship who sings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Time traveling bar men
‘—All You Zombies—’ from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1959
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1959
Who are like no others
Who are their own fathers
And are their own mothers
Of all such stories
Know Heinlein's are kings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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A ducal detective whose
Aide does the magic
Finds that their cases
Are often quite tragic
I hope that more stories
still lurk in the wings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Oversized lizards
With partners named David
Who trade with sophonts
who sometimes are rabid
Finding new planets
With glorious rings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Calvin who knows his
Military history
Runs afoul of the great
Paratime mystery
The hand of a lovely
Young princess it brings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Peasants are fleeing
'Till Kalvan take over
They win the fight but he's
Shot by his lover
A chance to win glory
And power it brings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Some yell in terror
But he can yell louder
He teaches Prince
Ptosphes
How to make gunpowder
To the priests of Styphon
A gauntlet he flings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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They thought they were lost but
Their hopes he's igniting
Yet he can't keep Rylla his
Love from the fighting
He is a rival
To all the great kings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Untenured scholars
Who feel they're in Hades
Rescue from prison
Deposed royal ladies
Summoning dragons
With tears in their wings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Small gentle treecats
With friends that are royal
Humans with treecats
To whom they are loyal
Mess with their two legs
And see what that brings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Betan survey ships
Whose captains are taken
Vorbarran warships
That with strife are shaken
Mess with
Cordellia
A slit throat she brings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Stealing the
son
of
A
helpless Vor Lady
Who has an
armsman
Who is rather shady
Losing your head
is
The fate that it brings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Thieves dressed as boys
Who are caught and coopted
Help solve a case
And wind up adopted
Hide behind the table
When a foe magic flings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Students of magic
Weighed down by their reading
Who their decorum
Not always are heeding
Rescue their teacher
And get wedding rings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Bungled proposals can
Sometimes be tricky
You'll face his mother
When you mess with Nikki
She's a strong lady
Who knows a few things
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Gullible inlaws
Want to take Nicholai
Emperor Gregor
Responds to his outcry
Meddlesome shavetails
The
emperor
zings
These are a few of
My favorite things.
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Audobon dancers who
Will not be chattels
Have strange bedfellows
To help with their battles
With secret agents
They sometimes have flings
These are a few of
My favorite things.