The Gnomes

The Gnomes

by Ramsés Dávila-Luna @ The Writer’s Cavern

From Yosemite to Congaree a meteor rumbled

Impact frazzled the skies and broke terra firma

Pain reached the hollow and little gnomes gathered

With hammers in hand they broke ground to take a gander

It was the humans and their buildings caught up in a blunder

A big talk with Gob set all the affairs

The littles would rebuild in secret night flairs

First assignment was the hospitals and the schools followed after

Roadways to churches and carved rivers mitigated more disaster

For the flesh in the morning gave all the credit to everlasting

The above used what the night gave it and built more to match answers

Anger swept through the dark at the uncredited rebuff

Some gnomes felt it was time for an introduction to start

To calm echoes of barney Gob set up a test

Sent a wise gnome on a mission to ascend in the day

Little tiptoes crept up on a tiny house window

Inside a small girl prayed to a portrait she kneeled to and looked after

She cried to see them again and hit floor to find real matter

‘Twas perfectly clear why gnomes had to steer clear

On return the below listened to a message that quelled

“We could never rebuild what they are really after”

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