The Crusader

And we sat under 
A gazebo that sat 
Under palm trees, 
Standing and smiling 
At our seashore,
Emptying kegs of 
Palmwine in our 
Calabash and... 
And then emptying 
The calabash in our 
Stomachs...
An exquisite experience, 
I daresay!

The periwinkle-gatherer 
Alighted from her  
Canoe that arrived from 
Upper sea, bending in her 
Walk, no gratitude to her 
Culture. Beside her followed 
Her shadow, ever faithfully. 

Their movement our common 
Entertainment as we emptied 
More fills of our calabash in us... 

Entered the Crier, crying, like 
A crying Cricket, 
"The Archbishop of Canterbury,
And the Pope have now 
Legalized a Skirt and another 
Skirt together, and a Trouser 
And its kind together!"

We unveiled the Holy Book, 
In our flabbergastedness, 
Afterwards, and replayed 
The Crier's cry in our heads. 
"A pity, for this shall soon be 
Written in you by the Unknown 
In Time to come and be said to 
Be of the good God." 
Were our only audibility. 

We looked up and behold the gyre
For the legalization inundated 
Our Vicinity! For the Crier's cries 
Had spread its legs like a rumor. 

Sadly, my partner patted her hairs 
And we returned to our kegs, 
Contemplating...
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