Retaliation

Retaliation  

The mate went ashore an afternoon,
                                  For the purpose to go to the bar 
                                  and steal the cook’s girlfriend; 
                                 the cook had to work till eight
and when he finally came to the bar his girlfriend 
had gone with the mate to a hotel. 
How they mocked him next day, but the cook smiled 
showing even, wolfish teeth not his natural once mind, 
                                 but nevertheless very white. It should 
                               have worried the crew, it’s no good to 
                               tease a man who can spit into their soup.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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