The Pang of Horrors and Moment of Death (The Green Knight's Dismay)

The Epic in Poetic Form

The Green Knight’s Dismay

The Moment of Death

Part one of two

A Pang of Horrors

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What can I tell you of the movement Florencia Died?
perhaps this—there was a pang of horrors for both
Gawain and the Green Knight…:


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Gawain at a second glance noticed the Green Knight’s
distorted features—he had seen such before, in the eyes
of men, men being squeezed to death by monster vipers,
and dragons: the Green Knight’s mouth gaped. His eyes
stared hideously inside of him, though he
couldn’t see, he had died of horror—at the thought
his beloved Florencia, would never breath or see light
again…. Silence and solitude lingered within.


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Moonlight had over Camelot, it halted, froze; the
door to the castle stood empty…

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The Green Knight felt numb, for his soul had froze—
hardened like a stone, yet it left a shadow of Florencia.
Gawain, oh yes, Gawain, shaken, not a sound broken
from his lips, nor fear. His forehead sweating, frowning!
Then came a frantic scream, without conscious thought,
whirling in his head, earth rushed to up to him,
black oblivion surrounded him…then!




Part Two of Two

The Final Destroyer

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The Green Knight’s eyes closed, trying to get oriented
(a sensation of returning consciousness) and a glimpse
at the moon. “Florencia,” he said, the sight of her laying
in his arms: frail, and departed, he drew her closer, “no, I
didn’t kill you,” he pointed at Gawain—with red eyes
of flames. “I would have lowered the morning sky for
you, “ he murmured, and claimed, with a deep roar.
Inside his heart “Fire,” he moaned, “…is the final destroyer.”


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(He was really saying, his heart was on fire, destroyed!”




Rigor Mortis
And
The King’s Physician

Parts one and two



Rigor Mortis



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Rigor Mortis was already setting in, whence he
put his hand over her left breast, and felt her heart
still pumping. Even her flesh was already cold; thus
her heart hammered steadily, (Gawain, was now
carrying her into the main hall of Camelot,
though she was dead). No blood was carried through
her veins, yet her heart beat: like the Green Knight’s,
a pulse of flesh and spirit—; the king whispered, with
cold sweat on his brow: “This is too monstrous to ignore.”


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The moon outside was covered with gray clouds,
only still stars to give light. Blood dripped on the
marble hard floors, of the hall (outside the owl
hooted,). Gawain slipped, dropped Florencia on
the floor, her body brittle, her heart like iron.
Perhaps she was close to immortality, or at
least, the nearest a human body could obtain.
Her soul had soared together with the Green Knight’s!



The King’s Physician



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What now could be done? Silently the King’s
Physician stepped up to Florencia, told Gawain
to step away (and the King gave the order)) for
he was deep in shame, and bewilderment)).
Thus, he pulled away from her fathomless eyes,
as the physician—without a word—sliced open
the chest of Florencia (smoothly) pulling out
her heart, the crimson jewel of Camelot.
The heart now swelled and split open in response,
yet it throbbed mightily, in the process.

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(And that was the last ever seen of Florencia,
her heart and the physician; but the Green Knight
would return in one year to put Gawain to a test….)



The End