Oh, and here are some souvenirs from my trip to TLOS.

Being the girl on a Stiefvater-high that I am, I wrote a Ballad-inspired poem, (yes, I admit, I have written plenty of Twilight-inspired poems, too. Maybe I'll share them here sometime.) So here it is:

Trickster

She that is a

trickster

That takes away

your will

She that promises

riches

That quickly makes you

her kill

Her iron grasp

Is tight as night

Her smoldering gaze

That whispers of day

Her tongue, which is black

You shall never turn back

For your suffering

She has taught you

To love

She tricks you with

The case of a dove

She licks you with

Her murderous tongue

She takes you with

Her smiling lips

Your life you give

Willingly, to her

The trickster

And a song, which doesn't look like much of a song and would probably sound better with a flute and bagpipes, (you'll understand if you read Ballad,) but this is the acapella version, if you will.

A ballad to Ballad

Whispers

(A)

Whispers she, "Follow me"

With whispers she promises day

With hollers you fall to the night

With whispers she promises light

(B)

With whispers she takes you away

With whispers she promises day

(A repeated)

Whispers she, "Follow me"

With whispers she promises day

With hollers you fall to the night

With whispers she promises light

(whistle A)

(whistle "light" 4x)

With whispers she takes you away

With whispers she promises day

With whispers she takes you away

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