This Ship

 

I have no Q-O-L, but I can sell my shell.

Baby, rock this beat.

décor under the heat,

gotta command this fleet ...


Rubies are my blood and tears.

obsidian repels my fears.

never mind the silent jeers ...

they are falling on deaf ears.


Now you see me,

now you don't,

for I give it what they won't.

'til my clock ceases to tick

I be pulling another

magick trick


See white rabbits, throw your change

'cause it isn't a crime to change

to be sailing to a new land -

like a scurvy-ed pirate lady

is this captain's hand 


But my red tweed coat says I'm free

even if I crawl about 

on my swollen knees,

because baby,

in the end, I'll feel the breeze,

of the land ahoy

and the treasure's tease 


And it's not for greed, no.

it's the prize at the end of the voyage.

it's the gather at the end of the forage,

and I pray to the divine

when you are unkind 


For I am a demon slayer

and I've paid, with every layer.

but oppressors, see ya later

as I take this ship to the sky ..


2016


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