Captain cook

Captain cook I built a ship in a vale of stones and thorny bushes It took 24 years and more to set sail on a dream boat to China I met her on the blue sea of Malaga, sailed on her til she was 71, sought refuge in coastal waters anchorage in the town of Mandalay Deep sea ships have limited sails from port to port are not allowed to stray from the chart, set by the man in charge; every ship looks the same, is practical and sleepless. Not. once did they let me be in charge; go back to your galley, you mad cook, they bellowed, you will only collide with the Dogger bank. I built my ship, four decks, and a bridge too far from shore to be of annoyance to anyone The locals called me Captain Brave Heart, the man who cleared the dale of snakes. I'm tired, it took so long to be a slayer of words ankle-deep in sad rejections. I'm the master of my literary refusals, words to feed the flame of elimination