Wendy & Betsy

Signs of contemptible times
 You still dance with an arm to your side?
 Our hands to be empty and still
 Asleep on the windowsill if it be your will
 Is last winter's prize winning Norwegian Forest outside?
 Could I try on your lilac dress?
 Wendy band you know the rest
 So I take from your stare
 You've got a lesson in there?
 Well they say the Institute made
 A perfected replica blade for the Ancient of Days
 While you dial the priest I'll tell Princess to try the police
 We could start the 3rd World War!
 But then what good would scripture be for?
 An absence of calm in the air as the temperature fell
 On the new concierge at the Carriage Hotel
 Word has it the younger McKim girl's not well
 You remember that story with the mermaid and the actor?
 Betsy, the bones of the prophets we saw
 The mob throwing stones at the Bethlehem wall
 In grandiose tones, raising right paw
 In Jacques Louis David Tennis Court Oath gesture
 All joking aside, five fingers wide
 Should the bed of the bride be despair
 Tell your parents it's true
 Though I'd never physically hurt you
 I do know some Arabic prayers
 But I left what was left of my self-respect
 Like a Swiss army knife on the ground
 And a pocket of coins at the IDF checkpoint
 By what some call 'the Temple Mount