by James A. Gardner
.
21 July, 1997
.
_Onhelde by the hurrok for the heuen wrache_
Commander Raguel on a ship of terror
.
in chains to rouse him
from his dreams
takes fast Jonas seaman of his
lyre's wyf song
.
.
hym rer in yr dreams /
rears up in the mynde
.
long months
garments high
watched him stoop
into deepest slumber
slobbering at the _hurrok_ or
( wherein through the limber holes ys gathered
all the fylthe that cometh
into the shyppe )
.
huddled midships with the Fletcher seamen
from exotic Persia having arrived
.
and stationed hym onto 35 pier -- with
forays in packs for the nighttime orb
.
...Seaman Chole gone for 60 hours
... Seaman Parker gone for 48 hours
... Seaman Jonas arrested
pierced
perhaps more
.
for _harlotez_ with
his _hendelayk he
hoped to chast_
.
that of any diet
that day the devil
a bit he cared
.
and (then)
in the cold white say
.
_what'll be gome so glad
of his gay logge_
.
.
USS Fletcher, SF
7 August 1997
special thanks to the U.S. Navy and the Gawain-poet's Patience, 14thc.,
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