Shoot To Kill Arrow

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Sometimes I'm a stone you skip aloft over a stream
Weightless for a moment then another sinking dream
Aim to please, shoot to kill arrow
Cut the sky razor blade sparrow

Tearing on a gust of wind just like a paper kite
Dodging needle treetops in the cold oncoming night
Aim to please, shoot to kill arrow
Cut the sky razor blade sparrow

Sew the rip cord on your homemade parachute
Sever all ties from your monkey suit
There is no doubt
There’s an outcome I can see
Where your time is running out
And my time belongs to me

Flap your arms enough my dear boy you’ll take flight
Soft alarms remind me I should
Bite right through the muzzle
Before I desist and cease
‘Cause I want to be a puzzle
Not a single puzzle piece

But I can’t see eye to eye with just a moment here or there
Sticking wings on concrete blocks to keep them in the air
Aim to please, shoot to kill arrow
Cut the sky razor blade sparrow
Aim to please, shoot to kill arrow
Cut the sky razor blade sparrow

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from ARTS & LETTERS, released January 14, 2013

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