25 February 2018

#25 - Farewell! farewell! but this I tell



Ancient Mariner, yeah? Frankly, if I have to explain this one,
you're probably on the wrong website.

 



   “Have you been stopping wedding guests again?
Ah, Dave, ya knobber! Sorry mate, he’s pissed –
he does this sometimes. Every now and then 
he gets all strange and- well, you got the gist. 
What was it this time? Grizzled Sailor, yeah?
Some supernatural yarn of salty weirdness?
Mate, don’t be fooled – ignore the crazy stare,
and this is fake – he’s actually quite beardless.
   The smell, I’m sad to say, is all his own;
his suit, as you can see’s had better days;
the tie, the shoes, the cufflinks, they’re all mine.
   I think he misses Julie, truth be known:
it's weddings kinda make him act this way,
but odd enough, at funerals he’s fine.”

AWB


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