Camisado

by CD Richards

In the midst of the night, they made their attack;

their murderous mission saw no turning back.

Relentless, remorseless, in raid after raid,

their victims lay helpless, with life-blood they paid.

This brazen assault, under darkness was cloaked,

the carnage ensuing was never provoked.

But then the tide turned, the invaders were stunned;

imagine their shock to find they were outgunned!

This cruel camisado was instantly ended

when the wrath of the victims upon them descended.

The marauding mosquitoes met a fate unforeseen

as I finished them off with a blast of Mortein.

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camisado (n.) a surprise invasion or attack carried out at night.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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