gillded hooks and ladders
wander up and in to age
sound the chant and bladers
strechted thin on the drum
caught loose in the strum
repeating the dull tone of battle
ring the bells at 6 and at 8
I put it all on a long shot that day
I took stock that it was soft and unstable
and toughengd it up to the shell that I was
and dug out my trench on the ledge of the lawn
it's been a long dull winter
on the rug by the woodsman's fire
tracing maps in the thick thraded grass
and egging my courage to awaken at last
I took a chance that the crowd wouldn't miss me
and shrunk down to wouldn't matter to me
biting the bullet may be all that grounds you
powder burns, in neat karmic turns
I raised my fist in that beastly parade
caned sugar, whipped of pride
robbed of reason or any vague shadow
nor outline this uniform never quite fit me
so I'll drag up my skirts to a toast to the worst
and the best piece of ass to anchor this frame
it's been a long still winter
splitting hars by the sportsman's fire
stretching skins and sticthing an armour
so thick it binds the limbs
on the tip of an arrow
came my love plain through me
came a swift pointed purpose
and thanks for nearly killing me
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