2nd in Refrains in 8 (Sponsor: Joseph May)
Judged: March 21st, 2025
no cowboys in stock on this side, but acrid fishermen provide marine lifelines, hamlets sustain. Spineless seas they ride, shark's terrain. pre-dawn cowboys of Waves arise early wranglers trawl for the prize through murky waters or in plain. Spineless seas they ride, shark's terrain. catches of chub, snapper, and sword concoct dinners we may afford. praise the fishers, saddled with strain. Spineless seas they ride, shark's terrain. rank as sins, veiled in ocean scum nets shoulder-slung, descendants come off the tides, firm ground to regain Spineless seas they ride, shark's terrain.
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