The line

He opened on the line:
And then soon it closed.

On the line,
on the line,
desperate to be on time,
to be on time,
waiting by the door,
with coat and hat and gloves and stick,
with corded trousers and an impatient click
of his heels against the cold stone floor
his heels against the cold stone floor
would click and clack as back and forth
he humming strode.

dum de dum,
doo de dah,
dum de dum,
doo de dah.

back and forth, back and forth
yelling up and back and forth,
along the line,
back and forth along the line
along the lines,
The Lines,
The Lines.

Swing low, through fields
of dropping bombs,
fields and fields of dropping bombs
bombs fly past the window,
swing low,
swing low.

Through blue and blue and rest and blue
and rest and blue and blue and blue,
through and through and on
and on with you,
the two
then made three and four and five,
then made six and seven.

then back to two,
he and you.

Waiting by the door
with coat and hat and gloves and stick,
with corded trousers and an impatient click
of his heels against the cold stone floor
his heels against the cold stone floor
the cold stone floor

On the line,
he opened the door,
and then soon, it closed.