04-16-2014, 02:16 AM
Safe Harbor
Sipped tall Singapore Slings
on a trip to Shanghai,
during a shakedown cruise
beneath star-strangled nights.
Sea winds became music,
the waves, a woman’s hips.
Adventures foreshadowed
in the mirrored jade swells.
The crew readied their ropes,
as moorings spread their thighs.
Our port-o-call issued
smoke - music - buzzing crowds.
Exotic dancers call
from sultry cabarets;
old steamer bellies rust
in stagnant inky brine.
Sipped tall Singapore Slings
on a trip to Shanghai,
during a shakedown cruise
beneath star-strangled nights.
Sea winds became music,
the waves, a woman’s hips.
Adventures foreshadowed
in the mirrored jade swells.
The crew readied their ropes,
as moorings spread their thighs.
Our port-o-call issued
smoke - music - buzzing crowds.
Exotic dancers call
from sultry cabarets;
old steamer bellies rust
in stagnant inky brine.
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris