Insurance Matters
For @Dru_Marland (Blog)
Here – almost – an immolated whale
found bare – beached and dry
She is still – no stuttering breaths
of engine or pumps – cold dead
Almost a mounted catch on display
No slightness – no sway – no slippings
by lullaby currents or crosswinds
off loosely tied mooring ropes
For once – barefooted – landlocked –
awaiting brushes and touches below
as they look for ingress and pitting
from galvanic action – They mutter
as they chalk up indicative lines
on her rubbed clean underside
You agree to fixing sacrificial anodes
Done – then you are lifted with a rush
as your craft is back to old waterways
for another thousand days of drifting
