MrBlackCat
05-06-2009, 11:43 PM
I wrote this some time in 2000 I think...
I'm no poet, but I write constantly for myself I suppose... like this.
Duke Lives
When you're fast asleep at night
Your action figures glow with light
They live, they breath, they talk, they fight
But if you wake "Poof" they're out of sight
If you look and try to see
They're right where they're supposed to be
The most you'll ever do is hear
A tiny sound that isn't clear
Some would say this can not be
But they have they're own lives you see
I fake sleep on many nights
To stay awake and watch the fights
The fights always turn out the same
Duke puts all of them to shame
He knocks the terminator down
And twists his metal head around
The ones with sabers and The Force
Do not stand a chance of course
They fire blasters fast as can be
But Duke whips out the RPG
The next in line to live the fear
Are the ones from Metal Gear
All the members Stealth or not
End up flat, a greasy spot
Then there's Blade who's bad as hell
He flips and jumps and fights quite well
Of course Duke wins, he always can
Cause we all know that he's da' man
Dukes not evil, mean or bad
My action figures are not sad
They do not "die" it's all in fun
Cause if I wake the show is done
It's just a job for heavens sake
They just clock out when I do wake
Some words I hope I never here
Those words that could cause me some fear...
"Nobody fakes sleep in my room...and lives"
Mr. Black Cat
Tonight what seems to be the loss of 3D Realms and consequently of Duke Nukem really had more of an effect than I ever expected. Really made me sad... for the fans loss as well as what seems to me the death of a dream of a LOT of peoples effort. Not just some shallow “git-er-done” short term push type effort with destructive self sacrificing blind motives. This was years of push... dedicated push... a push where people did amazing things we will not likely ever see or know had DNF come out.
Sadness...
This is how I feel tonight...
Duke Has Died...
The Duke I know has passed away
I never thought I’d see this day
The games inspired a younger me
To be things that I might not be
If I had never played the games
Or I had never yelled the names:
“A Battle Lord” or “ Octabrain”
Or all the others that remain
In a world I used to know
Were me and Duke often would go
To stop the pigs and blast the way
Into the night and half the day
To save the chics and find the keys
And bring the monsters to their knees
Shrink em, stomp em, then you’re done
Save the world, you know the fun...
Then to tip the strippers too
It’s something you just had to do...
They can’t take that away from me
I’ve lived the lives of Duke you see
I wear the shirts I played the games
And in those worlds I’ll play again
But not forgotten is the day
That I learned Duke had passed away
No more lines, so crude and tough
No more missions long and rough
So many years of waiting now
Just went away, I don’t know how
Were there mistakes or maybe blunders
But now our Duke is six feet under
The flowers I will drop tonight
On the casket sealed and tight
Of the greatest name I know
In that world I love to go
Where aliens are free to roam
Until that time when Duke gets home
I know forever I can play
With the Duke of yesterday
But Forever Duke you see
Is never and will never be.
MrBlackCat
:(
I'm no poet, but I write constantly for myself I suppose... like this.
Duke Lives
When you're fast asleep at night
Your action figures glow with light
They live, they breath, they talk, they fight
But if you wake "Poof" they're out of sight
If you look and try to see
They're right where they're supposed to be
The most you'll ever do is hear
A tiny sound that isn't clear
Some would say this can not be
But they have they're own lives you see
I fake sleep on many nights
To stay awake and watch the fights
The fights always turn out the same
Duke puts all of them to shame
He knocks the terminator down
And twists his metal head around
The ones with sabers and The Force
Do not stand a chance of course
They fire blasters fast as can be
But Duke whips out the RPG
The next in line to live the fear
Are the ones from Metal Gear
All the members Stealth or not
End up flat, a greasy spot
Then there's Blade who's bad as hell
He flips and jumps and fights quite well
Of course Duke wins, he always can
Cause we all know that he's da' man
Dukes not evil, mean or bad
My action figures are not sad
They do not "die" it's all in fun
Cause if I wake the show is done
It's just a job for heavens sake
They just clock out when I do wake
Some words I hope I never here
Those words that could cause me some fear...
"Nobody fakes sleep in my room...and lives"
Mr. Black Cat
Tonight what seems to be the loss of 3D Realms and consequently of Duke Nukem really had more of an effect than I ever expected. Really made me sad... for the fans loss as well as what seems to me the death of a dream of a LOT of peoples effort. Not just some shallow “git-er-done” short term push type effort with destructive self sacrificing blind motives. This was years of push... dedicated push... a push where people did amazing things we will not likely ever see or know had DNF come out.
Sadness...
This is how I feel tonight...
Duke Has Died...
The Duke I know has passed away
I never thought I’d see this day
The games inspired a younger me
To be things that I might not be
If I had never played the games
Or I had never yelled the names:
“A Battle Lord” or “ Octabrain”
Or all the others that remain
In a world I used to know
Were me and Duke often would go
To stop the pigs and blast the way
Into the night and half the day
To save the chics and find the keys
And bring the monsters to their knees
Shrink em, stomp em, then you’re done
Save the world, you know the fun...
Then to tip the strippers too
It’s something you just had to do...
They can’t take that away from me
I’ve lived the lives of Duke you see
I wear the shirts I played the games
And in those worlds I’ll play again
But not forgotten is the day
That I learned Duke had passed away
No more lines, so crude and tough
No more missions long and rough
So many years of waiting now
Just went away, I don’t know how
Were there mistakes or maybe blunders
But now our Duke is six feet under
The flowers I will drop tonight
On the casket sealed and tight
Of the greatest name I know
In that world I love to go
Where aliens are free to roam
Until that time when Duke gets home
I know forever I can play
With the Duke of yesterday
But Forever Duke you see
Is never and will never be.
MrBlackCat
:(