Scum

In some forgettable rhyme

We crawled across the border line

We kissed the enemy till

I thought we traveled out of time

You couldn't have heard me speak

There was, so it did seem, I say

A fog so heavy that I

Could not tell if it was night or day

Hand over all water

You know that means business

Scum

Under the stone

We find the scum

Under the stars

We find the scum

I thought a beautiful thing

A fire was lit within my mind

On ruby hummingbird wings

Went shivering up and down my spine

The water that quit our thirst

Was not from earthly vineyards mined

And then we drunkenly sailed

The gutter of our invisible shrines