Kayte invited all her girls school friends to be her birthday guests
At a party in her house and gardens, where at last their zests
(To be introduced to Tennyce) would be met with celebration
Of that partnership as well. She sent a special invitation.

Tennyce told his closest friend: a 14 year old Viking too,
Who said, ‘I wish I could come and meet a giant girl, as you
Have successfully accomplished. They’d be all there waiting for me.’r32;Tennyce told him, ‘I could sneak you in, when I turn up there, Stawmi.

I can understand your envy. Even though my lovely Kayte
Would have eaten me, I’ve never been in such a happy state,
Since I fell in love with her, and learned she also had romantic
Special feelings. I forgot her gulping plans. I’m not pedantic.’

‘You’d be helping me to gatecrash, uninvited,’ Stawmi said.
‘I don’t have to be that loyal. She was very nearly fed,
With myself, and you’re my longest standing friendship,’ answered Tennyce,
‘And I hardly think a hidden unknown guest would be a menace.’

On the night, they used his amulet, to reach a giant tree,
On the outskirts of the garden, where the Viking boys could see
Colored lights which flashed in other trees, and several girls indulging
In the party food, which kept their giant munching faces bulging.

‘I’ll just leave you here for now said Stawmi, ‘You can look around.
I can check on you at times, and you can tell me if you found
Any girl you’d like to meet, and I can introduce you to her.
But you can’t be shy. These giants much prefer an active doer.’

Tennyce used his amulet, and teleported to a plate,
Which was carrying some finger food, and held by lovely Kayte.
She was wearing an amazing dress, with Stawmi’s keen attention
Focused fully on the birthday giant girl of that dimension.

Kayte enjoyed the way her Viking boyfriend’s body simply popped
In from nowhere. Then she raised her voice, and conversations stopped.
She presented Tennyce to her friends, who found themselves admiring
Such a ‘cute’ and handsome tiny boy they wished they’d been acquiring.

As the girls began to spread around, with Stawmi looking on,
For the moment, he was still content to just remain anon.
Then Kayte’s Mom came out the back door. Stawmi looked and found her stunning.
But a kid his age expected he would not be in the running.

She’d prefer a grown up Viking, though he knew of LATERALDATE,
And was glad she’d set that venture up to help alleviate
Any difficulties getting started on one’s quest for romance.
He just wished he hadn’t fallen for the one with whom he’d no chance.

Alicindra introduced herself to every girl in turn,
And approached the ones beneath his branch, which made the boy’s heart burn:
‘If I only said hello to her, her way of being friendly
Might include a giant kiss or two, if amulets could send me.’

Then she stopped and held a bowl of lollies just beneath his limb
Of the tree, and so he launched himself towards her, on a whim,
Landing softly in the lollies, but the flashing lights had blinded
Her from seeing his approach. He wondered if she would have minded.

Alicindra dipped her fingers in, and sampled several sweets.
Then she offered them around to other girls as party treats.
Stawmi found the times he’d jumped from seashore rock to rock was handy,
As he constantly avoided being lifted up like candy.

Soon Kayte’s Mom was there alone again, and Stawmi watched her eyes,
Too embarrassed to reveal he was a Viking in disguise,
Not a lolly. Still this brought him closer. Now he’d go on planning
How to start a conversation, when he came within her spanning.

‘Maybe I should let her pick me up, and bring me near her lip.
If she accidentally puts me in her mouth, a guilty trip
Might then lead to compensation kisses, if I watch my timing.
If I tried to get up there myself, I’d never make the climbing.’

He was thinking that, and then he saw and heard Kayte’s mother say:
‘Can you hand these lollies out’ I’ll put some music on, to play’’
Then he turned, to see that Kayte now had the bowl, and started dipping
In her hand. She put him in her mouth, and Stawmi started slipping.

She had thought he was a lolly in the dimly lit backyard,
Was about to do, what motivated murder of that guard,
(When the news of her attempts at eating Tennyce were repeated
To the rebel Vikings Ambloome and her friends had then defeated).

Stawmi grabbed her teeth and dodged around, while trying not to slide,
As the girl who didn’t know of him, kept opening her mouth wide,
Trying to draw him in towards her throat, so she could send him quickly
Down her throat. He hoped she didn’t find his moving presence tickly.

He considered calling out to her, to let her know of him,
But he knew she’d gladly gobble him for pleasure on a whim,
Since the rules her Mom had made were just confined to one specific
Boy for sparing. Kayte would find that eating Stawmi was terrific.

She’d be even more contented, since she could have dated one
Of the Viking boys, and eat the other Viking up for fun.
There was only one way he could save himself, was his own coaching.
So he held her teeth and struggled ‘til he saw Kayte’s Mom approaching.

When she came to take the bowl from Kayte, he used her lip to vault
From her mouth, amazing Alicindra with a somersault.
Then he landed in the lolly bowl. Kayte’s Mom was not offended,
As she lifted him and smiled. So Stawmi found himself befriended.

He apologized to both of them, explaining that he fell
From the tree, and was mistaken for a candy man as well.
He reminded Kayte, to check on whether Tennyce integrated
With her school friends’ conversations. Her involvement was belated.

Stawmi felt so much embarrassment, at falling for the host,
And confessing how he’d gate crashed and admired Kayte’s Mom the most.
She was friendly, and she said, ‘I’d like to date you, little Cutie.’
Then she kissed him, and he told her how much he admired her beauty.

He had seen his expectations come a cropper at the seams,
As the imminence of Kayte’s throat had extinguished all his dreams.
Then he’d felt her lovely Mom’s huge lips affectionately pressing
His whole face, revealing chemistry that he had not been guessing.

Now she took him off, to talk alone, and said, ‘I wish I’d known,
That you wanted what you did. I would have said, ‘Don’t come alone,’
So that Tennyce would have brought you too. I’m glad we’ve found each other.’
‘So am I,’ said Stawmi, ‘Now I know Kayte has a lovely mother.’

Then he felt her lovely kiss again. It really changed his mood,
From the fearful apprehensions that he’d be her daughter’s food.
‘I would like to ask my married girlfriends over for a function,
And be showing off my little boyfriend, free of all compunction.’

When the party guests had gone, Kayte’s Mom asked both the boys inside
For a night-cup, which they all drank from. Both girls declared with pride,
That they loved their tiny Viking partners: paired with Mom and Daughter.
Kayte said, ‘Mom I guess this means that Tennyce won’t see my aorta.’

‘He had better not,’ said Alicindra, ‘Can’t you see that we
Are in love, just like you two’ I won’t allow that boy to be
Any meal for you. You’ll have to find another form of mischief.
Little boys aren’t made for gobbling down. They’re really made for this stuff.’

Then to demonstrate the point she made, Kayte’s Mom gave one more kiss
To her newfound boyfriend, saying, ‘Use your mouth in that way, Miss.
Don’t forget that crazy Alban thinks your appetite’s the reason
For his team of reckless renegades who struck with fatal treason.’

Then both girls repaired to separate rooms and romanced their small beaus,
‘Til the evening was approaching time to draw things to a close.
Alicindra said good night, and then the Viking boys departed.
Kayte, asked, ‘Mother, do you ever wonder what you’ve really started’’

Alicindra laughed, and said, ‘Perhaps you were the starting force.
If I hadn’t come upon you, he’d have been your second course,
Since you’d had your lunch already, on the day you tried dispatching
Tennyce. Ever since I saw you two together, love was catching.’

Stawmi stayed the night with Tennyce, where the two of them discussed
How they’d line up future dates. ‘I think the first thing that we must
Do is let Flyte know that you’ve joined LATERALDATE and kissed its founder.
He’ll be glad to make an amulet, so you can be around her.’

That was Tennyce’s suggestion, and the other boy agreed.
‘Does he dish them up for everyone who feels the burning need
To be dating giant women’’ Stawmi asked; and explanations
Of the functioning of LATERALDATE were given out with patience.

It was parent / teacher night one evening at the giant school
Kayte attended. Alicindra went and hung a twinkling boule
(That’s a pear-shaped imitation gemstone) centered by her necklace.
Looking lovely as a mother, she attracted someone reckless.

Deevawsidadde (some girl’s father) also there, soon made pass,
When he learned that Kayte was also in his teenaged daughter’s class;
And that Kayte’s Mom was a widow. Deevawsidadde said, ‘I’m single,
And the sight of you is making all my senses feel a tingle.’

‘Did your wife die, like my husband’’ Alicindra asked the man.
‘No. I felt we’d taken marriage just as far as people can.
I got bored with her and moved on,’ Deevawsidadde was forthcoming,
‘And the way you sat and crossed your legs made things in me start humming.’

‘So you took the best years of her life, while better men commit
All their lives; and now you’re telling me you’ve simply gone and quit
On your marriage vows; and you expect you’ll usher me from places
I would rather spend with someone who has never known embraces’

‘ I’m already seeing someone. He’s from earth and fully dotes
On me, coming here whenever he has time, which he devotes
To the sweetest dates I’ve ever had. So please unhand my shoulder,’
Kayte’s Mom answered. Then the look she gave him couldn’t have been colder.

Deevawsidadde hated earthlings now, but they had Nonvor’s ear.
Soon his daughter shared some gossip that she’d learned at school that year:
Alicindra’s earthling boyfriend was a 14 year old junior
Near her daughter’s age. Deevawsidadde would use this to impugn her.

He reported what was going on, although he’d hardly closed
Any doors to having his own daughter-witness then deposed
By Duguda (one old friend of his), who’d be the prosecutor.
Since she wouldn’t date Deevawsidadde, she’d have to lose her suitor.

Since the boy was underage, Kayte’s Mom was summoned and was charged.
Ambloome went to earth and fetched him as a witness, then enlarged.
Alicindra chose to represent herself. Duguda used
Nonvor’s membership in LATERALDATE, which had the queen recused.

Trial began with opening arguments. Duguda said, ‘We’ll show
That this woman is a criminal with some young boy in tow;
That although his size is different, she should not have tasted that fruit.
He was underage; and Alicindra chose to break the statute.’

Alicindra took the stand and then was asked how old she was.
She responded, ‘I’m now 45. I met the boy because
He was at my daughter’s birthday party.’ Then more answers followed;
Though she didn’t choose to mention how the boy was almost swallowed.

She was asked, ‘Did you start LATERALDATE in order to obtain
Someone underage, expecting that the courts would then refrain
From a prosecution, if the boy was not from this dimension’’
She responded, ‘No I didn’t. That was never my intention.’

Then Duguda called her Viking boyfriend Stawmi to the stand,
Where he gave his age as nearly 15. ‘Tell us: In your land,
Are there laws preventing women (thrice the age of adolescents)
From indulging improprieties as middle age depressants’’

That was how Duguda phrased his question. Kayte’s Mom chose to shout
An ‘Objection! He can learn the laws of earthling folk, without
Making implications, which are crass and unsubstantiated.’
Judge Admyra then sustained the first objection Kayte’s Mom stated.

Stawmi detailed what he knew of laws on earth, to please the court.
His experiential knowledge only came from those who taught
Teenage boys at school, and couldn’t breach the principles of teaching.
Alicindra said, ‘To use that rule in this case would be reaching.’

‘Could you tell the court the way she asked you out’’ Duguda said.
Alicindra called, ‘Objection! We can’t have this witness led!’
When the Judge sustained, her ruling called for delicate rephrasing,
By Duguda, while the giants there were all intently gazing.

Stawmi didn’t want the court informed of time that he had spent
In Kayte’s mouth; and so he left some details out, but said he went
To the party uninvited, which would prove Kayte’s Mom the victim
Of his trespassing in her place. No-one there could say she tricked him.

He explained the way he’d hidden on the branch, before he dived
In the lolly bowl, pursuing Alicindra, who had thrived
On politely feeding female giant guests. He documented
How he’d stared at her and felt the giant should be complimented.

He went on to say he loved his first collision with her lip,
And declared, before the court, how their involved relationship
Made him happy, never causing any harm to him or others,
Saying, ‘Tennyce wanted Kayte’s love, but I’d rather have her mother’s.’

Closing arguments were made. At first, Duguda said, ‘It’s lewd.
That the boy initiated this just cannot be construed
As a woman’s invitation to begin participating
With a minor. So Your Honour, does the statute need restating’’

Alicindra closed as well and said, ‘I’ve tried to stay aloof,
While the Prosecutor slandered me, without providing proof.
Yes I’m 45, three times his age, but there was nothing phony
In the love that we’ve been sharing. You have heard his testimony’

‘ We have kissed each other frequently, and talked alone and shared
A romantic interaction, which just shouldn’t have been bared
To a public hearing, just because the Prosecutor’s buddy
Made an unsuccessful move on me and chose my name to muddy ‘

‘ I have never asked, nor helped this boy to start to fornicate.
I’ve been innocent, within the law on every single date.
So I move that court costs should be covered by the prosecution,
And suggest Deevawsidadde and he be placed in institution!’

She’d initiated LATERALDATE, and ran it with no aid.
She could hold her own in public speech, when court room scenes were played.
She’d been picked apart and vilified, and seen her boy dissected,
Just because a man (who’d walked out on his wife) had been rejected.

There was silence in the court room, as the one who’d represent
Just herself (and all the audience) could see: A precedent
Would be set, when Judge Admyra made her monumental ruling.
In the mean time Stawmi stared at Alicindra, keenly drooling.

From the looks observed by Tennyce, he thought people empathized
With this love affair. Yet often those in power had surprised
Him on earth, when he’d been led to think that he’d be dealt with fairly.
He’d begun to wonder if the proper outcomes happened rarely.

Then at last the judge came back and said, ‘In chambers I’ve reviewed
All the evidence, and find that this affair is nothing crude.
The defendant lost her husband. She had every right in seeking
What found HER, while prosecution’s main informant’s motive’s reeking’

‘ So I find for the defendant, and Duguda I suggest
That before you waste my time again, apply a simple test:
Is the cause of action frivolous’ Was any crime committed’
Or are you merely acting for an ally who’s embittered’’

In the eyes of everyone in court, the boy hugged Kayte’s Mom’s neck.
Kayte and Tennyce had been there throughout. Lee-John had gone to check
On their interest in appearing when the judge commenced proceedings.
Both the Viking boys and Kayte admired her Mom’s convincing pleadings.

Then the Judge called on Kayte’s Mom and said, ‘There’s something I should say.
Now the trial is over, it would not be deemed as ex pâté.
Since you’ve proved your actions innocent, while selfish men degraded
What you’ve done, I found myself exploring your affair, persuaded:

Could I join your LATERALDATE, so you could help me find a guy
To replace my husband (who was lost in war), but not as high’
I would like my second man to be much smaller than a midget,
And collide with my big lips as well, with tiny hands to fidget.’
‘I’d be glad to sign you up,’ said Alicindra, ‘but it might
Make the public think that my acquittal wasn’t fully right.’
‘They might think me biased, if I wanted boys as young as Stawmi,’
Judge Admyra said, ‘But I’d be glad if adult earth men saw me.’

When the judge had gone, Kayte’s Mom and Stawmi finally had time,
To renew prolonged enjoyment, since they’d proved it wasn’t crime.
Alicindra gave him lengthy kisses. ‘Thank you for your public
Declarations of the way that this has left you feeling lovesick’

‘ You portrayed your deepest love for me, while two misguided souls
Did their best to learn as little as they could from burning coals.
I’m aware that when we first met, you thought you might be unwelcome.
Can I tell you you’re the best thing in my life, if that will help some’’

Stawmi, moved to tears, then told her, ‘I just don’t think I’d have stood
Them removing you, and spoiling all we’ve got that’s been so good.
I’m in love with you, like he loves Kayte, and you don’t want to eat me.’
‘Oh my darling little one,’ she said, ‘I think you’re such a sweetie.’

Elsewhere Ambloome said, ‘We’ve had two jealous nasty men of late;
One from here (Deevawsidadde) and one from earth with his own hate
(Alban). Both have tried to ruin cross dimensional romances.
If it happens one more time, the queen and I are taking stances.’

Kayte and Tennyce (on a picnic) had a talk one sunny day.
‘Would you like to come for lunch next week’ My Mom will be away,’
Kayte informed him, ‘She and Stawmi will be on a joint vacation.
You and I can have the house alone, by special invitation.’

Tennyce turned up on the day and saw that Kayte at last had donned
Her most lovely dress: his favourite. He had told her he was fond
Of the stunning girl in all her dresses; but he’d kept on hinting.
On this day she’d finally worn it. He stared up at her, still squinting.

From the ground, to him, her face was so high up. He strained
All his vision to look up at her; and then the girl explained:
‘I was saving it for you to see, and this is that occasion:
Mom would never let me eat you, but she didn’t need persuasion’

‘ On the day before I asked you on this date, she said she’d thought
I could do it after all. So be aware your time is short.
As you know, I find that laughter is the most appealing tonic.
So I’ll eat you in your favourite dress, and won’t that be ironic’’

Though he tried to run away, she had her fingers quickly catch
Tennyce. Then she said, ‘You don’t have long. You’ll soon be down the hatch.
Mom won’t save you this time, little boy, and don’t attempt to squabble.
I’ll soon have you in my mouth, and then I’m really going to gobble!’

‘Just one question, Kayte,’ he said, ‘If she had never once agreed,
And we later turned 18, would you have used me just to feed
Your big tummy; or would you have let me live and then consented
To a marriage’ I just have to know if you’d have been contented.’

‘At 18, I’d make my own decisions,’ Kayte said, ‘You’d be gone,
And you will be in a minute, even though you turn me on.
Have a good trip down. Forget your every dream that you could own me.
Now you’ll never have the chance to live with me in matrimony.’

He could only watch the pleasure on the laughing face of Kayte.
Then she put him in her giant mouth, and (in one piece) she ate
Him, by swallowing and gulping. Then she simply started reading,
Unconcerned with what she’d done to him, in spite of all his pleading.

For an hour she read a book, relaxed and most inclined to slouch,
As she’d made herself more comfortable upon her mother’s couch.
Then she closed the book and saw that, on another couch there rested
Such a tiny earthling boyfriend whom she thought she’d just digested.

‘Don’t get up,’ said Tennyce, ‘Friemann Flyte replaced that amulet,
Which was giant sized, with this one. Then I made a vital bet
With your Mom, that if she lifted what had been a safe restriction,
You would eat me. I’ve observed you simply reveling in fiction’’

‘‘ You’ve been reading, since my tiny hidden amulet removed
Me from you; and your straight answer to my final question proved
That your appetite is greater than your love, which has no passion.
You have teased me, when you did it, wearing such a lovely fashion.’

‘Tennyce! You and Mom have really played a very clever trick.
This is great. Now you can use that, if you teleport out quick.
I can eat you many times, and we can still enjoy the romance.
Let me put you on my shoulder, and we’ll have a little slow dance.’

‘No. It’s over Kayte,’ said Tennyce, ‘This has been a proper test.
Though I’ll always be in love with you, I’ve seen how you can jest
In the cruelest way, with no regard for things that you’ve been doing.
While I would have gladly stayed with you, it’s hardly worth pursuing.’

‘Go ahead and leave!’ said Kayte, ‘Some other boys (as big as me)
Have been asking me for dates; and even though you just got free;
I’ve still had the fun of eating you, which you have not prevented,
Even though the meal I thought I’d bought ends up just briefly rented.’

When Kayte’s Mom returned, she asked if Stawmi could apply his size
And his amulet, to go to earth and properly advertise
Her next function that she’d host at home for LATERALDATE, expected
To attract a lot of giant girls, since she was well connected.

The publicity from Alicindra’s trial had well increased
Giant membership attendance expectations for the feast.
Stawmi’s amulet brought several earthling men in quick succession,
With a score of teleporting trips, where interest found expression.

In the course of evening interaction, one young man called Britt,
Who was 31 and never married, saw a woman sit
Right beside him. She was 46 and elegant and dainty.
She was Ells-Bethe, and she found that Britt was positively saintly.

Soon she asked him if he’d like to go and be alone somewhere,
And then kiss her. He accepted, and the tranquil evening air
Kept them comfortable, while she was walking with him to her workplace:
One small shop, not open after hours, with no-one there to purchase.

‘Can’t we go to your place’’ Britt asked, ‘It would have more atmosphere.’
‘But my husband’s not aware I joined that group. It’s better here.
I’m a married woman, but I’ve never kissed a man so compact.
So I infiltrated LATERALDATE and tried the food Kayte’s Mom stacked.’

‘This is really tempting,’ Britt said, ‘Since I think that you’re the most
Lovely giantess I met tonight, including quite a host.
I’m so flattered that at last a gorgeous woman would consult me.
But I can’t do what we both want. It would constitute adultery ‘.

‘ I’m quite sure that Omni-Child you mentioned wants you to be true
To your husband, and as much as I’d give anything to woo
Your affections, I think marriage is a lifetime of commitment.’
When he finished, he walked off, but giant fingers went where Britt went.

“It’s too bad you feel that way,” she said. She tied him to her hair,
Then unrolled a sleeping bag, and settled down to sleep right there.
“Just a kiss was all I asked for. Since you’re not cooperating,
You can stay here as my prisoner, with no further chance of dating.”

“Don’t you understand’” he asked at last, “It isn’t right to cheat.
I came here in to find my boyfriend, who would make my life complete.
I don’t want a passing interlude, that only serves to ruin
Someone else’s proper fairytale, which should have been there shoe-in.”

“Are you absolutely sure of that’” asked Ells-Bethe, looking stern.
“If you never let me go, then I shall simply have to learn
How to cope with being punished for continually adhering
To my principles, no matter how your features are endearing.”

“Well I’m glad to hear it,” Ells-Bethe said, and rapidly untied
Little Britt, “I never would have let you kiss me, if you tried.
Here’s a picture of my little sister, who was once discarded
By Deevawsidadde, a disappointment. This has left her guarded.”

“She’s adorable as you are,” Britt said, “What’s this have to do
With the way you brought me here and tried to force a kiss with you’”
“She’s retreated into parenting her daughter in denial
Of her loneliness, despite the news of Alicindra’s trial …

… She was unconvinced that she could ever trust another spouse.
And her daughter’s made new friends and has a life outside the house.
So I asked her: If I tested someone’s values, being careful,
Would she give some thought to trusting him’ She said she would, though prayerful …

… Would you like me to inform her of the ways that you replied
To the pressure I employed’ I really think that she’ll decide
To go out with you.” So Britt said, “Yes.” His courtship started healing
All the damage from Deevawsidadde’s unfaithful double dealing.

One day people from the Viking village, sitting high on rocks,
Watched a giant girl appearing in the water, near the docks.
It was Kayte. She strode right into town, and scanned the village, searching.
Then she came upon a lonely hill, where Tennyce rested, perching.

He’d been watching Kayte approaching, and experienced a fear
For himself and other villagers; but as the girl drew near,
He could only think romantic words, which sounded good on paper,
As he thought back to the way they’d met and she’d announced her caper.

“Can we talk’” she asked, “I borrowed one of mother’s amulets
For her customers. I could have gathered up the Viking nets
And ensnared a score of Viking boys and had them all for dinner.
But I came to win your trust, if that’s a suitable beginner.”

“What about those other boys you’re dating’” Tennyce asked, perplexed.
“I just stood one up, and didn’t want another date made next,”
Kayte replied, “I didn’t mean it, when I said I’d not have missed you.
If you find the truth convincing, I’m unable to resist you…”

“… I am overcome at times by my desire to make a snack;
But I’ll never force you down again. So please just take me back.
I don’t want to be with giant boys. Although I’ve been voracious,
You have always been the only one for me, if you’ll be gracious.”

“This is quite a co-dependency,” said Tennyce, “But since I
Played my trick, with your Mom’s help, and saved myself and said goodbye,
There has never been a person who has caught my eye in Norway,
With such love we shared once amulets had given me the doorway…

… So explain to me this urge you’ve got for such a dining vice.”
“It was just for fun at first, but now I know you taste so nice,”
Kayte replied, “I’ll have to find another way of satisfying
Such an appetite, which doesn’t call for little Vikings dying.”

“I could still attach my amulet to something on my wrist,
Let you have your fun, and then pop out before I’m really missed,”
He said, “Would you like the chance to go ahead and do it often’
I don’t mind, if your big tummy doesn’t then become a coffin.”

“I’d love that,” she said, “But that’s not why I came. When we’re adults,
I am hoping that our courtship will have happier results.
Though I might have filled this conversation up with lengthy jargon,
My delight at what you’ve offered needn’t enter in the bargain.”

So she took him back to her place, and the Vikings didn’t lose
Any citizens. They did their Sunday best to just excuse
Her excursion through their village. They’d been happy to survive it,
And ensured the reconciliation on the hill was private.

Friemann Fltye and Nonvor had been married 14 months thus far;
While on earth he worked with Stawmi, who became the rising star.
Stawmi learned the hidden secrets used for building and repairing
Lots of amulets in sizes men or giants could be wearing.

Flyte had chosen him, because the boy was in relationship
With Kayte’s Mom, who ran the dating service. Now he could equip
Alicindra with her clients’ amulets himself, as maker.
Then those amulets were sold to any willing paying taker.

Still Deevawsidadde was jealous of the boy (not known to work
On the LATERALDATE arrangements with Kayte’s Mom, and as a perk
Would be kissing her instead of him). He started further plotting,
And one night approached the place where Alban’s rebel squad was rotting.

When he reached the Prison Stretch of Grass, he used the proper tools
To remove the doors from Port-a-Vaults and free the little fools.
Then they all conspired together, since the lot of them resented
Interaction through dimensions, which they thought should be prevented.

They were unaware of Stawmi’s training, thinking their main foe
Was Professor Friemann Fltye, and so they said he had to go.
First Deevawsidadde acquired a poison serum from a sapling,
And asked Alban their Barbarian to get the next stage happening.

With his team of rebel Vikings on the lookout, Alban snuck
Into Nonvor’s royal chamber, where he had a bit of luck,
Finding Friemann’s drinking water. Then he poured their foul elixir
In the water, thinking, ‘Kayte’s Mom counts on him, but this’ll fix her.’

They had pulled it off, though Nonvor had discovered their escape,
With the Port-a-Vaults in ruins and their doors bent out of shape.
When she went inside the chamber later, she discovered Friemann
Barely conscious, with his skin gone red. She cursed some unknown demon.

He was dying, and her scientists had no known way to cure
What would kill an earthling body, which was previously pure.
Nonvor took him with her amulet, and traveled from the present
To the future, where the outcome wasn’t nearly so unpleasant.

In the distant future, radiation treatments would sustain
Fltye, if given to him weekly, but he’d still need to remain
In the future. So with heavy heart, the queen did abdicate
All the rights to rule her kingdom, as a policy of state.

There were quick and sad farewells, as she collected (from her wealth)
All she needed for a future house and home and Friemann’s health.
Then she traveled to the future, with her sudden abdication
Leaving urgent need to organize Queen Ambloome’s coronation.

All her Viking friends were special guests, as well as giant girls
Who were dating them. Lee-John enjoyed The Passing of the Pearls,
Which was part of that great ceremony. Yet he wouldn’t settle,
With the rebel Vikings on the loose. That hunt would test his mettle.

Two days later Ambloome gathered all her soldiers and a stack
Of her giant friends and Viking allies. ‘That’s the third attack
On our cross-dimension dating venture. I was quite specific,
That there shouldn’t be another. Yet this last was quite horrific.’

She made Stawmi’s role official as the Keeper of the Trade,
To provide her troop with amulets. Then several more were made.
Then she led a team to Norway, sent them out to every city,
And demanded they produce the team who’d poisoned without pity.

Friemann Flyte was one of theirs, and though the queen had been quite blunt,
They were just as keen as her to implement a proper hunt.
When they’d tracked down all the rebel Vikings, Ambloome stayed in Norway,
With officials who had helped her, saying, ‘Now it’s time for your say ‘

‘ You had motive, which we’ve seen before; but now you’d better talk.
Who removed the doors from Port-a-Vaults and gave the sapling stalk
That you needed for the poison, which was used on my stepfather’
When I know, I’ll leave you here, but I’ll be nasty, if you’d rather.’

‘It’s Deevawsidadde. He said the woman he had tried to court
Was in love with some kid from the village. Then he said he thought
We could help each other put a stop to things, if we were tricky.
So he gave me sapling serum, and I slipped a fatal Mickey.’

As an extra new precaution for him, Aradee then wrote
(On the smallest piece of paper that would fit) a timely note
To her younger self, in case he needed help substantiating
That he was the one that teenage Aradee should end up dating.

It was written to her younger self, with things that only she
Could have known, to prove the Ken she sent was someone meant to be.
Then she took a photograph of him and her beside an awning,
And advised him to conceal it, with the greatest spoiler warning.

If their courtship went successfully, the shot would contradict
What went on in altered history, But he needn’t be that strict.
Nonvor came to their assistance, and the lady of the present
Kissed him one more time, before his image turned to iridescent.

Ken and Nonvor vanished from her sight, and thirty years ago,
In the afternoon, the garden briefly took on quite a glow,
As the travellers reached the time required, and Nonvor gave the letter
And the picture to him, saying, ‘If I go now, it is better.

I can’t stay here in this time. I shouldn’t meet the teenaged me,
Whom she often asked around to visit here. But you’ll soon see
Both of us as girls your age. I’m glad your heart’s on my old school friend.
If you changed my courtship with the king, you’d make my rightful rule end.’

Nonvor went back to the distant future, where she’d kept her sight
On continuing to care for her new husband Friemann Flyte.
Ken met both the giant girls that afternoon, and started seeing
Whom he’d come to date and called their giant romance ‘Aradeeing.’

When the decades of their marriage brought him back to present day
(To the date of their first meeting, which he knew would ever stay
In his memory, he at last produced the letter and decaying
Hidden photograph, and told her things he’d wanted to be saying.

‘That’s a picture I cannot remember taking!’ she exclaimed,
‘And a letter where so many secret things are really named
In my writing.’ Then he told her of the truth he’d been suppressing
Thirty years ago. She said, ‘My darling, you have been a blessing.

When I think I lived that time alone, a fact I since forgot,
Since, for me, it didn’t happen, I sure owe myself a lot
For conspiring with you, so that we could have this happy rerun.
I was married to an earthling, back when no-one else would see one.’

In the present, which they’d reached by waiting, Alicindra stewed.
She was sure that Kayte’s primeval urge had only been subued.
She would never lose her urge to eat a little earth boy fully,
‘Til she’d done it, but would face the retribution for a bully.

At a LATERALDATE event, Kayte’s Mom was talking to a lad,
Who was 13. When she’d given all the details, Bernard had
An idea. He said, ‘She would have fully satisfied her craving,
If Glin wasn’t rescued. Then you say she’d spend her life behaving’’