Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The Gods' Punisment

Smooth sailing
keep straight now
don’t jerk the wheel

Slight turbulence
‘ts alright
jus keep straight

A strange current
steer ‘way gently
that’s the stuff

What do ya’ mean
“It’s suckin’ us in”
just steer away!

Around and around again
“The ship, she’s gone sideways!”
there goes the mast

Jaws! I saw ‘em!
opened to swallow the mast
opened to swallow my ship

Around and around again
“The ship, she almost upside down”
so many men, so many cries of terror

Around one last time
and then there was nothing.

Poseidon and Scylla have cursed my crew to drift forever
engulfed by the stench of iron and soaked mahogany 

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