One Knight To protect this island from invasion The last knight ordered that the dead knights be Dug up and their loose armor unbuckled From their skeletons some were missing Limbs some had fractured skulls they didn’t Need the armor anymore the young knight He was just eighteen his older brothers And his father were among the dead Had the women and children climb inside The chainmail and plate armor stinking Of the flesh that had rotted inside it Like that of crabs dead in their shells The helmets slipping over their eyes And had them stand atop the castle wall Gleaming in the sun to make the pirates Believe there were hundreds when really There was only one or was there one Knight in each and this the time before