OVERTURE to Nocturn (Part Six)

Benefactions of Benefactors, horizon like a Benefactory
Creams and greys, forgotten days, missile path's trajectory

Once upon a rampart we watch, we gaze
A husband is lost, a wife is won
to the cold copper, the blistering heat
-of a gun-

Incertainly the Incinerators, repenting in Insynergy
Glass and haze, forgotten ways, skeleton of a clergy

Once upon a deep shore we fight, we die
A dear friend is lost, a child is won
to the kindly barrel, the impartial bullet
-of a gun-

Engineers shall soon Engender, machinations they Engenerate
Burn and blaze, forgotten maze, a face they can't confiscate

Once upon a desert we build, we fall
A people is lost, tradition is won
to the dark of the metal, the light of the flash
-of a gun-

--Ballad of the Benificent Day, Commen Patian Minstrel Song