March 10, 2009
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Break-Up In The Sounds
Underway's the only way
a tramping boat can earn its pay
Can't stay tied up on a stormy day
in a harbor calm and quiet
Though it's often prudent to delay
Our captain says "Boys, let's try it."And so we find ourselves westbound
Bouncing across the rolling sound
Man-high waves toss the tow around,
smear the windows with salty rime
At a toddler's crawl the sun drifts down
adrenaline rushes slow down timeThere goes a wire, with a spark and a popping!
Once one goes, with the barges still hopping
the seaward lashings part, only safety lines stopping
the tow from falling apart, and ruining our day
The crew's work is dangerous, but their frenetic coping
may keep us together; safe water's a mile awayThe waters have calmed, and so have we
Horn Island is blocking the worst of the sea
We dry and debrief over mugs of hot coffee
Petit Bois Pass now behind us, first rough patch of three
Let's now throw new rigging, replace each broken wire
Underway's the only way, or go home and retire.
Comments (4)
My favorite lines:
The crew's work is dangerous, but their efforts at coping
may keep us together; safe water is a long mile away
Incidentally, WoW! Great Profile photo!! Intense.
Excellent, I was expecting something different when I saw the title but the correlation between a break-up and a tumultuous strom is striking.
@POETIC_ISIS - It figures that those would be the lines I tinkered with.
@godfatherofgreenbay - My landside break-ups were pretty pathetic things, not ode-worthy
Very nice.
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