Helicopters ©2011 illicitizen
-In my-
heart of darkness
I will send a
helicopter
to retrieve you
from the embassy
rooftop over there
where the policies
left you stranded
from the empire’s
ramparts over head
where your love is
left abandoned
viet cong
king kong
bonus army
send in MacArthur
manila
Godzilla
a broken heart
send in my CV
Everything
comes at too high a cost
Everything
might get lost
Everything
is Everything
they sent
reinforcements
they are not
replacements
they are not you
they can’t be true
Everything
comes at too high a cost
Everything
might get lost
Everything
is Everything
they hardened
your defenses
but left you
defenseless
you protect me
I’ll protect you
In my
darkest hour
we will fight the
industry that
would enslave you
in the circus
in the theater
from the air we
catch them all
on the beaches,
on the landing fields,
in the streets and
on TV
Documents
governments
make monuments
spoiling your credit
we infidels
want stem cells
while imbeciles get
rock-paper-scissors
Everything
might get lost
Everything
is Everything
they sent
reinforcements
they are not
replacements
they are not you
they can’t be true
Everything
comes at too high a cost
Everything
might get lost
Everything
is Everything
they hardened
your defenses
but left you
defenseless
you protect me
I’ll protect you
In my
weakest minutes
I will second
a chariot
to impress you
firebirds and
firebrands beat
old sedans when
rotors turn.
Owed her tender
odes to aircraft
aloft we go and
embrace the sky.
Valentines
X-ray Spex
Sea monkeys
Send in the coupon
A Skunk Ape
Great escape
Persephone
Is collecting flowers
Everything
might get lost
Everything
is Everything
they sent
reinforcements
they are not
replacements
they are not you
they can’t be true
Everything
comes at too high a cost
Everything
might get lost
Everything
is Everything
they hardened
your defenses
but left you
defenseless
you protect me
I’ll protect you
