Friday 23 July 2021

UNFATHOMABLE EXPERIENCES 

Fishes below RNLI lifeboats, riptides and strong currents, 
A lighthouse scans the waves, a fisherman saves his sandwiches for later. 
Scratching the psoriasis on his belly’s skin, he imagines himself coated in batter, 
At home safe and dry, his wife will natter with the neighbour’s wife. 
‘Life at sea’s the life for me,’ says the impressionable Joseph Conrad fan, 
His innocent plan: to board a ship, to join the navy wearing navy blue waterproofs. 
Roofs leaking, kids peeking through net curtains, while nets ensnare fish in water, 
Unfathomable experiences happen at sea, kids are in the sea. 
It doesn’t matter, it’s a drop in the ocean, oceans apart, 
The fisherman’s heart yearns for his estranged wife, 
As he reaches for a knife…

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