All Those Ships that Sailed by Bob Kaufman
All those ships that never sailed The ones with their seacocks open That were scuttled in their stalls...
Today I bring them back Huge and transitory And let them sail Forever. All those flowers that you never grew that you wanted to grow The ones that were plowed under ground in the mud-Today I bring them back And let you grow them Forever. All those wars and truces Dancing down these years-
All in three flag swept days Rejected meaning of God-My body once covered with beauty
Is now a museum of betrayal. This part remembered because of that one's touch This part remembered for that one's kiss- Today I bring it back And let you live forever.I breath a breathless I love you And move you
Forever. Remove the snake from Moses' arm... And someday the Jewish queen will dance
Down the street with the dogs And make every Jew Her lover.
Today I bring them back Huge and transitory And let them sail Forever. All those flowers that you never grew that you wanted to grow The ones that were plowed under ground in the mud-Today I bring them back And let you grow them Forever. All those wars and truces Dancing down these years-
All in three flag swept days Rejected meaning of God-My body once covered with beauty
Is now a museum of betrayal. This part remembered because of that one's touch This part remembered for that one's kiss- Today I bring it back And let you live forever.I breath a breathless I love you And move you
Forever. Remove the snake from Moses' arm... And someday the Jewish queen will dance
Down the street with the dogs And make every Jew Her lover.
Kaufman speaks as if he is stuck in one place because if he is seeing all these ships sailing by and he is a "meuseum of betrayal". Is he in Alcatraz?