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**UnOrthOdOx** · December 17, 2007, 08:33

In this post, you'll see it slowly transform as I edit in my own stuff. The original above os for my reference. All changes will be noted in red, and will not be from start to finish, but all mixed up as they come to me.

Team Merc with a smirk

Civ IV had come out.
We were still learning.
And a demogame years
would be slow, slow, turning.

I sat there with Kloreep.
We sat there, we two.
And I said, "You and I,
Should go start something new!"

With many to choose
And a few that returned.
It was looking pleasant.
for all those concerned.

For all the teams wanted to
Win!
Win!
Win!
Win!
As it had always been,
lacking much spin.

But OUR
Team we did hint!
Will be bought in a stint!

We looked!
As tradition the team did shirk!
We looked!
And we made them!
Team Merc with a Smirk!
And We said to them,
"Is the only goal to win?"
"We know it's a game
And you all wish to win.
But we can add
parhaps an int'resting spin!"

"We can hire on on contracts, see,"
Said Team Merc.
"We'll hire out our troops,"
Said Team Merc with a Smirk.
"A lot of good troops.
Provided, we assume,
You're wishing
to bring about another's doom."

Then the others just
Did not know what to say.
Should they all say no or
Let us play?

But Beta said, "No! No!
Make team Merc go away!
Tell team Merc with a Smirk
You do NOT want to play.
They should not be here.
When not trying to win.
They should not be here
Stop it now 'fore we begin!"

"Now! Now! Have no fear.
Have no fear!" said Team Merc.
"The concept's not bad,"
Said Team Merc with a Smirk.
"Why, we can add
Here a lovely concoction,
with a proposal to have
A great person auction!

"No you don't!" said Beta.
"This is no good at all!
"No you don't!" said Beta.
"It's EXPLOIT I do call!"

"No Exploit!" said Team Merc
"Let's have none of that.
We would make a profit
without needing combat
Perhaps with a new tech!
Equal the Great Person's work!
But that is not ALL we can trade!"
Said Team Merc...

"Think of it!
Think of it now!" said Team Merc.
"With a tech and some cash
You get a G. P.'s Work!
We could trade for TWO techs!
We could trade it for cash!
Or a small army!
If we're feeling quite brash!
Just think!
Doesn't the idea enthrall!
But that is not all!
Oh, no.
That is not all...

"Think of it!
Think of it!
Think of it NOW!
It would be a great sale
Open to all, we do vow.
We can sell for a tech
Or some cash but of course!
We can exchange for troops!
Whether on foot or horse!
We can trade a G. P.
for one of your own!
It adds! How it adds
To the Demogame!
It adds fun to the game
Just think of us a mall!
But that is not all.
Oh, no.
That is not all...."

That is what Team Merc Said...
But the forum did not!
they posted a team vote
Complete with each detail.
And Kloreep and I,
We saw the proposal fail!

And Beta came down, too.
He fell into a pot!
He said, "Do I like this?"
Oh, no! I do not.
This is not a good game,"
Said our fish as he lit.
"No, I do not like it,
Not one little bit!"

"Now look what you did!"
Said the fish to the cat.
"Now look at this house!
Look at this! Look at that!
You sank our toy ship,
Sank it deep in the cake.
You shook up our house
And you bent our new rake.
You SHOULD NOT be here
When our mother is not.
You get out of this house!"
Said the fish in the pot.

"But I like to be here.
Oh, I like it a lot!"
Said the Cat in the Hat
To the fish in the pot.
"I will NOT go away.
I do NOT wish to go!
And so," said the Cat in the Hat,
"So
so
so...
I will show you
Another good game that I know!"

And then he ran out.
And, then, fast as a fox,
The Cat in the Hat
Came back in with a box.
A big red wood box.
It was shut with a hook.
"Now look at this trick,"
Said the cat.
"Take a look!"

Then he got up on top
With a tip of his hat.
"I call this game FUN-IN-A-BOX,"
Said Team Merc.
"In this land are two Teams
I will tell to you now.
You can guess the two Teams,"
Said Team Merc with a bow.

"We met them both early.
When the game was still new.
Two Teams. And We call them
Team One and Team Two.
These Teams were quite pleasant.
They wanted to win."
When, right off the bat
Came Team Two and Team One!
And they ran to us fast.
They said, "How do you do?
Would you help us to kill
That Team One and Team Two?"

And us poor Mercs
Did not know what to do.
So we hired out troops
To Team One and Team Two.
We shook their two hands.
But Beta said, "No! No!
You can't hire to them
Against us! Tell them no!"
"We hired you first
unless you forgot!
Tell them No! Tell them No!"
Said Beta on the spot.

"Have no fear, little fish,"
Said the Cat in the Hat.
"These Things are good Things."
And he gave them a pat.
"They are tame. Oh, so tame!
They have come here to play.
They will give you some fun
On this wet, wet, wet day."

"Now, here is a game that they like,"
Said the cat.
"They like to fly kites,"
Said the Cat in the Hat

"No! Not in the house!"
Said the fish in the pot.
"They should not fly kites
In a house! They should not.
Oh, the things they will bump!
Oh, the things they will hit!
Oh, I do not like it!
Not one little bit!"

Then Sally and I
Saw them run down the hall.
We saw those two Things
Bump their kites on the wall!
Bump! Thump! Thump! Bump!
Down the wall in the hall.

Thing Two and Thing One!
They ran up! They ran down!
On the string of one kite
We saw Mother's new gown!
Her gown with the dots
That are pink, white and red.
Then we saw one kite bump
On the head of her bed!

Then those Things ran about
With big bumps, jumps and kicks
And with hops and big thumps
And all kinds of bad tricks.
And I said,
"I do NOT like the way that they play
If Mother could see this,
Oh, what would she say!"

Then our fish said, "Look! Look!"
And our fish shook with fear.
"Your mother is on her way home!
Do you hear?
Oh, what will she do to us?
What will she say?
Oh, she will not like it
To find us this way!"

"So, DO something! Fast!" said the fish.
"Do you hear!
I saw her. Your mother!
Your mother is near!
So, as fast as you can,
Think of something to do!
You will have to get rid of
Thing One and Thing Two!"

So, as fast as I could,
I went after my net.
And I said, "With my net
I can get them I bet.
I bet, with my net,
I can get those Things yet!"

Then I let down my net.
It came down with a PLOP!
And I had them! At last!
Thoe two Things had to stop.
Then I said to the cat,
"Now you do as I say.
You pack up those Things
And you take them away!"

"Oh dear!" said the cat,
"You did not like our game...
Oh dear.
What a shame!
What a shame!
What a shame!"

Then he shut up the Things
In the box with the hook.
And the cat went away
With a sad kind of look.

"That is good," said the fish.
"He has gone away. Yes.
But your mother will come.
She will find this big mess!
And this mess is so big
And so deep and so tall,
We ca not pick it up.
There is no way at all!"

And THEN!
Who was back in the house?
Why, the cat!
"Have no fear of this mess,"
Said the Cat in the Hat.
"I always pick up all my playthings
And so...
I will show you a another
Good trick that I know!"

Then we saw him pick up
All the things that were down.
He picked up the cake,
And the rake, and the gown,
And the milk, and the strings,
And the books, and the dish,
And the fan, and the cup,
And the ship, and the fish.
And he put them away.
Then he said, "That is that."
And then he was gone
With a tip of his hat.

Then our mother came in
And she said to us two,
"Did you have any fun?
Tell me. What did you do?"

And Sally and I did not know
What to say.
Should we tell her
The things that went on there that day?

Should we tell her about it?
Now, what SHOULD we do?
Well...
What would YOU do
If your mother asked YOU?

**UnOrthOdOx** · December 17, 2007, 21:58

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