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The Dunking of the Ship
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The Dunking of the Ship |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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A Sunday morning tale with toast and jam The Dunking of the Ship At invitation's bold request Why not accept the Navy's best Why not an underwater trip Initiating Navy's ship A newly purchased submarine Fulfills Brazilian Navy's dream From World War II a serpent sleek A ship of war's Pacific fleet Then finally came the day they wait An antique ship to initiate And proud they were as they could be To sail a relic of the sea Brazilian Navy's high command Like haughty llamas proudly stand They posed and posed in camara's eye Atop the serpent, heads a'high And each one proudly passed on through The dignitary who of who The governor and grand brigade Officials in a fine parade They left the port to open sea So very ceremoniously A dignitary pleasure trip Precarious dunking of the ship Then far from shore my smile fades The die was cast, decision made As serpent plunged my heart did race What am I doing in this place? What invitation so induced Regret so woefully produced The antique ship to fathoms went Prestigious undersea event Then creaking, grinding, groaning sounds Did serpent's belly hit the ground? What mad desire had hit my head What sound of glory caused such dread? Then knowing I the price to pay To never see the light of day Entombed in darkness far from shore In serpent's belly evermore Then slithely the snake did move In tumbling patterns slow and smooth What genius navigates the ship For Navy's most prestigious trip But then throughout the Navy Queen The haughty llamas turning green And claustophobic panic bells Toll out the cry of ocean swells At port there stood a cheering crowd To meet the dignitaries proud But rising they from up the ship Revealed the truth of pleasure trip Now haughtiness and chesty stance Gave way to doubled over dance And camaras captured for the news The doubled over backside views A day of days in Nation's pride With glory riding by its side The band then played the anthem soft With haughty stance and heads aloft Elizabeth Santos |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Sounds like a pretty exciting time to me - reminiscent of the day recently when they took the USS Constitution out for a joy ride - and we watched the Blue Angels soar over it's bow... Every dignitary in the country was out playing like little kids that day... Hm... should've written a poem about it.... Yours is excellent, Elizabeth |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, I find this poem a golden nest Of a writers written best. It is so full of teasures true T'will take a life to think it through. Wonderful. |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Nan and Sy, This poem is a product of not having anything to do at 4:00 in the morning, but nonetheless it is a true tale Thanks for reading Elizabeth |
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