The Tear Garden

Isis Veiled

The Tear Garden


They're closing in, I switched the 
pictures
Painted all the walls
I hung the medals, hid the magazines
As caped crusaders crawled down freedom 
street
Guns of liberation ushered in the dawn
One guy wears an eyepatch while the 
other wears a tie
One will play the liberator the other 
run and hide
I hear the cannons crack a mile down 
freedom street
Out of sight, out of mind
The ninth wave claimed a thousand while 
another thousand fled
I'm getting low on beans and marmalade
I share my bed with locust girl she 
flies
Through the cracks across my head
She is always on my side
She's always on my side
I am always on your side
I'm always on your side
We're all on your side
There, there now...