K2
By BBennettJ • Aug 7th, 2008 • Category: Lead StoryK2
On K2 they perished – though they were picked from the most able – the resources of their expedition were a given – we do not challenge these odds on a whim, - and even so – they perished.
An unforgiving wind
Tons of ice and snow
Breaking away
Falling
And reaping a freak harvest
The mountain condemning
Both purpose and portent
Of the games that were about to begin
The Olympiad scorned
By a winter storm
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