April Anomalies A-Z: Gogmagog!

“Gogmagog! is at work in the middle-east.”  President George W. Bush

How many stories could be told about Gogmagog!, that fearsome giant of forgotten days, how many tales of wonder and of woe?  How many fortified cities has he leveled?  How many castles has he pulled down?  How many nations has he plundered? How many nations has he pillaged?  He towers over all the ancient terrors, standing over them as a tree stands over a man. He pulls up oak trees as you or I might pull up daisies.  He is Gogmagog!

Gogmagog!, who was struck by lightning on five different occasions. Gogmagog!, who was sealed within a cave for 30 days. Gogmagog!, who fought the Wyrm beneath Albion. Gogmagog!, who wrestled Hell-Hounds at Crooked Creek. Gogmagog!

And now he is on the move.  Gogmagog! is on the march.  Awakened from his slumber he now lumbers eastward, towards the plains of Shinar, where he will battle once more.  The ground shakes beneath his feet.  His stride is unyielding, his pace unrelenting. He will not rest. He will not sleep now that he has been roused to anger. He will have battle once more.  He will take on all foes, oppose all armies.  He will tear down walls and towers. He will smash tanks and chariots.  He will sweep aircraft from the sky and sink battleships in the sea. None can stop him, he is Gogmagog!.

This is part of April Anomalies A-Z, a creative writing exercise and not intended to be an altogether accurate picture of the creature described above, and I may have paraphrased something President George W. Bush actually said…