Let me tell you how it went, Skipper,
that day we came to the first of the islands;
our barge struck a coral reef about 1500 yards offshore.
We sat high and dry in the shallow waters.
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Michael, I've read one or two of your comments on other poems ahd have found them both edifying, sonorous, lively and deep - teaching me a thing or two about poetry to which I'm a new comer. This poem shows who you are, or rather, who I think you are - let's get ashore before we lose what's left of this light' and you beckoned on others to follow ytour lead. Yes, I think that's what you do best - with love in your heart you lead others believing you're on the right track. That was the report to the captain. Or, am I wrong!
Could be Conrad at work - Victory or Chance! Not a whiff of Polonius on this page though! jim