Today, folks, a rare poem. Rare for my blog I mean.
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T H E M E R M A I D
“This shouldn`t have happened” the first mate said,
gesticulating at the catch of the millennium.
Which was thrown back, hair and torso upper-most
into the salty depths and the now mute body sank
heavily down towards her submarine kingdom.
Then a row broke out on deck, the horror
of it all set against cold science and reason.
Ten years later, one sailor rocks mute in his freezing
untidy care home room, the other - he took his life long ago,
incapable of handling the enormity of it all.
Whilst thousands of leagues below, the mermaid`s realm lies serene.
© Richard Muirhead
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