Generals
he mostly flew with generals / to mitigate his sighs
they crested on the winds aloft / while he pencil-sharpened lies
the world below bathed clean the light / that caressed it from above
he mostly flew with generals / that flight of aging doves
(C) but not by sick ones bats started / to clamber to the sky
their hooking flight disarming me / just as i'd arrived
the captain wore a wooden leg / to wrestle with the sea
a sea of stars, his safety net / what she'd like to have him be
and up there in the darkling dark / his telescope imbibed
the captain wore a wooden leg / and stardust for his eyes
(C) the snowflakes pale imitations / yet you laugh as they descend
your crooked smile disarming me / my wits stretched to their end
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the knights of spruce and alder / rode 'gainst the dragon's breath
they faced its fire to free her / though they hadn't even met her yet
the rose upon the pedestal / the scarlet sacrifice
the knights of spruce and alder / would die for her love twice
(C) i died but once and yet i lost / more than they had to hide
those winter arms disarming me / you rolled me like the tide
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