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King & Captain...
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In a nautical mood of late...

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A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king. (Herman Melville)

His life on the sea,

Started as a cabin boy did he,

Rose to mate, then first,

Many a time of his captain he cursed…

 

Felt the belt, then the cat,

Knows where the Pyrenees’s are at,

Sailed the seven seas and then some,

His grave the sea around Montserrat…

 

He lived his life as a man should,

Fighting Nature & loving her the best he could,

His virginity lost in the first big gale,

Though THIS captain knows not of the sail,

In his dreams he does captain a vessel not so frail,

In reality his boat did make him feel male…

© ed ~ 1/28/06
 

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 Reviews of "King & Captain..."
Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on January 28, 2006
Sail on sailor....you are a BAD looking "Popeye" the sailor man male thingy ~ thingy!!

Lol!!

Love Tinka
Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on January 28, 2006
A man of the sea will always be :-)
Reviewed by john zimmerman
Reviewed on January 28, 2006
ed, a fine spare tale of the sea -- every word draws --- much is left to the imagination, as it should be...

good write john+
Reviewed by Mr. Ed
Reviewed on January 28, 2006
Well, Shiver Me Timbers - Cabin Boy to First Mate to Captain - and sailed all of them seven seas, too. Hmm. How many lost treasures have ye dug up then, Laddy? I best be sendin someone over tonight -to inquire.
Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Reviewed on January 28, 2006
you take me on the sea with your writes; well done, ed!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :D
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