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Date Posted: 23:21:47 09/26/01 Wed
Author: Danielle
Subject: A Seaman's Tale

The sea farin gent was a man of tales
of fish and sharks and man-eatin whales
But he told me this one that was such a lark
With a light in his eye like of a flames spark

"Me maties and I were out on the sea
The wind she was screamin like a wild banshee
The sky she got hazy, gray like the waters
I've not seen such a thing since the eyes of me daughters!"

The gent laughed at his follied comparison
Then went on to tell his tale as ships garrison

"I stood me post e'en while the wind was a howlin
a good capitain would ne'er be caught cowerin
But I could hardly beleive me very own own eyes
When I saw what I did, took me quite by surprise.
Out in the midst of the skys battle brewin
a mermaid she sat on a rock just a stewin
I yelled to me maties, 'Men, though I know it be tough
Get this vessel to the rocks, we're not close enough'"

Now I looked as the gent with a skeptical glance
A mermaid indeed, Ach.. what's the chance
But he looked right back and stared me strait in the eye
"I know it be shocking, imagine me surpise!
But there she was temper hot as hell
Was by the fire in her eyes that I could tell.
I swear as we neared, the air was scented
of brimstone even, from that which she vented
She looked at me once and gave out a laugh
then looked to the skys as the lightnin crashed.
She said, 'Ye best be heading away from my hive
this storm and these rocks ye'll be eaten alive!'
But how could I go after seein such a thing
a mermaid indeed, like right from a dream!
I hollered to her so my words would get through,
'Dear Lass, I can't believe the irony of you!
Sittin and scoffin on that rock in a storm
I swear the sky's speakin that mood you adorn'
She flipped her tail as she looked at me
and her eyes burned brighter than could ever be!
She told me, in fury, of her merman husband
and I tell ya, she just started cussin
'Mermen' she said, 'they be all the same
thinking that marriage is some silly game
But that Man o' mine he's got somethin else comin
I packed all me shells and took off a runnin
and here I sit and the skys bout to burst
But I'll be damned if I go back first
He best be collectin the finest of corrals
to pay in a fine necklace for forgettin his morals'
She spouted about talkin to King Triton, her daddy
Praise be for me, I'm not that laddy
I tell ya the was she was fumin and screamin
She put to shame us foul talkin seaman!
But she stopped rather quickly as sky started to thunder
She looked to the rocks and realized the blunder
'I say Captian of that mighty vessel
Ye'd best to listen and not give a hastle
Please fly away before ye get close to these stones
Or I fear they'll become yer very tombstones'
and I had to admit it was indeed gettin nasty
me maties turned bow, and rather quite hasty
But I learned me a lesson for that mermaids fury
Don't be messin around on yer wife in a hurry
Lest ya be ready to face one terrible wrath"

And with that he let out a long hard laugh!

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