On the page in the battlefield
words jockey for position
helmets gleam in the midday sun
exclamation points at the ready
adjectives race to the fore
shining horns held high
knocking nouns from their places
prepositional phrases daisy-chain
so their horses prance across the page
while insisting tunic-garbed verbs go first
pronouns march in smug satisfaction
to the drumbeats of selfless fragments
as adverbs guard the rear from erasure.