time of embarcation

a single moment and one little slip

not quite enough to hurt or leave a sign

we have been warned it's time to board the ship

we do not have the presence just to sip

but must gulp down all of the new-pressed wine

a single moment and one little slip

our answers seem too rapid and too flip

the enemy's right at the borderline

we have been warned it's time to board the ship

the questions come at far too swift a clip

we think the ones who ask them are such swine

a single moment and one little slip

this has turned out to be a complex trip

so many things we have now to combine

we have been warned it's time to board the ship

the worst response might be a short sharp quip

about the bounds of human and divine

a single moment and one little slip

we have been warned it's time to board the ship

(C)2008, Fragano Ledgister