tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jun 08 03:12:12 2001
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Re: Block the Fist!
Please please please tell me the fekhlar are feasting on ~mark's
entrails as we speak [ well, read ]
No Sto-Vo-Kor for him.
targhthluH
David Trimboli wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> It is with the deepest regret that I must inform you that Mr. Mark Shoulson,
> also known as Seqram, will be unable to attend qep'a' chorghDIch. He will,
> alas, be dead before the end of the day.
>
> Most sincerely,
>
> SuStel
> Stardate 1434.7
>
> P.S.: I wish I'd thought of it!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark E. Shoulson" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:57 PM
> Subject: Block the Fist!
>
>
>> This song came to me today... um, I mean, this song was recently found in
>> the Klingon cultural database. It's a tender song of loss and tragedy, of
>> the suddenness of separation as lovers are torn from each other in war.
>
> It
>
>> is called "Block the Fist" and in a few short lines it sketches the
>
> frantic
>
>> communications as a ship is under attack: "block the attacking fist!" says
>> the pilot's lover, from the home base or some other location. The pilot
>> tries to escape, but is thwarted by mechanical failures. Vainly, they try
>> to re-establish communication, and rail at how so much warfare in the
>
> world
>
>> has torn lovers apart:
>>
>> ro', ro', ro' yIbot!
>> jItlheD. Daw' nguSDI'.
>> marI'lI'. marI'lI'. marI'lI'. marI'lI'.
>> law' veS! bang DaghIm.
>>
>> (Sniff).
>>
>> ~mark
>>