That Familiar Quickening... Part 1

Turbine whistling Wait... Until all is green Time to go That familiar quickening Of a heart Trained in the art of war To do battle Rotors spinning Left and right... The tech calls Clear! Progressive collective Rising high In to the sunlight Time to target Five minutes That familiar quickerning Switches, set Terrs, visual! Lynxes, marking with frantan Left hand orbit Time to go... Heave of cyclic Nose up Shudder Bleeding off speed Safeties , off You hear the snap and click In a cloud of dust A fireforce deplaned For needs must... Terrs, visual Max power, collective to full Building speed Skimming trees Tech, observing They're running! Brownings chatter The cordite smell The enemy scatter Watching the fuel Adjusting throat mike Ten minutes to bingo Orbitting Hearing the battle on the ground Time to go... In dusty skies K-cars and G-cars flew Skimming across the bush Purposeful dragonflies Trained in the art of war To fight anywhere That familiar quickening Turbine whistled Wait... Until all is green Time to go...