time of embarcation

a single moment and one little slip
not quite enough to hurt or leave a sign
we have been warned it's time to board the ship

we do not have the presence just to sip
but must gulp down all of the new-pressed wine
a single moment and one little slip

our answers seem too rapid and too flip
the enemy's right at the borderline
we have been warned it's time to board the ship

the questions come at far too swift a clip
we think the ones who ask them are such swine
a single moment and one little slip

this has turned out to be a complex trip
so many things we have now to combine
we have been warned it's time to board the ship

the worst response might be a short sharp quip
about the bounds of human and divine
a single moment and one little slip
we have been warned it's time to board the ship