"Hold the Line"
Iron on the stone.
Root in the cold soil.
(one, two,
three,
one,
two)
Stand.
We count the gears.
We bind the timber.
(tick,
clack) Steel through the grain.
No give.
No retreat.
Watch the perimeter.
Choke the wire,
hold the line.
(hold,
hold,
strike)
Choke the wire,
hold the line.
Ash and bone.
We do not bend. (strike!)
Listen to the faultline.
Deep under the furrow.
(quiet now)
Breath against cold
brass.
Prepare.
Break the gate.
(break,
break) Turn the wheel.
(turn,
turn,
strike)
Fire in the timber,
iron in the furrow!
We stand! (strike!)
The machine rests.
The soil remains.