Winnie

I'm here to tell you a story I'm here to tell you a lie My poetry's weak and I know it I was dropped dead sad and crazy sometimes So I fucked off, wayward canon to the sea On land I was just an appetite All that started as a joke, now it ruled me Sick on chronic mathematics I just wanted to feel music A fever delivered me from the flue The night hag's hands spread lovingly Pulling the cape from the sunrise Revealing a bank of warships called she Less Warlike then reckless, I realized No weapons were drawn that I could see Save the blazing stare of the captain Who held lightning captive frim in her teeth So I looked off the edge of the world I saw the girl who changed everything That's when I met Winnie I wanted to be her sailor's tattoo She sang me a song that was too sad for some Struck up the band and filled up her lungs Her mouth was sharp as the rib of a star As She told no truths That would break our own hearts We were warriors! We clothed ourselves in the deaths of our enemies Who'd no respect for the wild Warriors! Long before hog wire safari park husbandry And the joy ran through us like a welders flux We just wanted to be music The joy ran through us like a welders flux We just wanted to be music Her gravity pulled up my sad remains Into the curve of cunning bow I've loved you so long, Winnie I want to be your sailor's tattoo I've loved you so long, Winnie Blurring softly into you