And it happened in a land
across the ice, beyond the sand:
a summoning!
With the powers at command
a creature’s use was thus demanded
for a purpose.

And so it was that the palace
got really shiny floors.

From wide and far
people would come
to find their amazed reflections
looking back at them
from the floors of the palace
and, as it was mentioned above,
they were amazed.

Of course
it was difficult
to traverse the floors
for anything so bright
must also be slick
as some wise one
must once have warned,
but when flying so close to the sun
one must be prepared
for a bit of waxy wing.

The Queen was asked
why she didn’t summon peace
for her lands
or a larger estate
and she snorted.
“Where were you
when we had the creature?”

And in a land in days long past
a work request had been well-cast
into a summoning.
With powers that were vast
a creature used them for a half-assed
purpose.