Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

After paying his dues to the 

Devil,

Chris stumbled out

Over tottering planks

At the stroke of 

Midnight...

In the mist, he lingered

On a dock

That he'd been warned

About earlier...

...He's been told that 

A secret convoy 

Met here

After hours...

Aground clouds

Obscured his sight

Beyond the deck,

But quite hastily

A scow

Slid in like a shank,

Glowing with her own

Unnatural light,

Splitting fog

In half 

With her bow,

And striking 

Figurehead...

...A nude mermaid

Swaddled 

In a serpent 

Who's fangs were

Embedded in her

Left calf...

...The mermaid's 

Eyes

Were shock white...

...Though her timbered

Gold brown 

Skin

Had been weathered,

Her death was

Always cyclic,

And everlasting...

...Chris was smitten

With the beauty

She could resonate

With her 

Shapely

Bust,

Hinging on 

Death.

He was ushered on the

Ship 

By two swathed idler's,

Through the lubber's

Hole, 

And to the galley...

...Chris has never 

Known the tally

Of his life

Until this time...

...Now the boat

Proceeded onward,

Toward some 

Incognito dream...

...There was an

Island

In the distance...

...For Chris

That was all 

The dirt

He'd seize

About his enigmatic

Fate...

...Once again

Drawing a blank,

As the sunless

Water curled, and

The Moon sent

Scattered

Schemes...

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2017

Bunny Villaire