mystery ship
The Mystery ship
I have read about things like people from March
with dinner-plate eyes and long, thin bodies
If these people are among us, why aren't normal
like Elon Musk, he is smart and will be as well
for a small investment in his business
can give us
riches and free electricity.
Sometimes, when the now and the past collide
we can, in a few seconds, see people that are
no longer among us, we can also call these dreams
as for ghosts, no, they don't exist, but they are great
evil has happened, we might sense a residue of
a whiff of the horror.
in 1950, a ship with scrap iron left Bangladesh
bound for Australia
a day before her captain had
sent a cable requesting a place to doc.
That was the last message
the ship disappeared
wise heads thought they must have sunk
due to a gas- explosion! On a vessel carrying scrap iron?
60 years later, a ship by the name of "Peik" asked
for a harbor pilot, a ship no one had heard of
but looking in the archive, there was a ship with that
name, but she had sunk
they birthed the vessel at an unused pier
and the pilot
when coming ashore looked pale and shaky
said the people onboard looked normal
her captain
wore an old-fashioned uniform, like the crew
was there yet, but seeing them through a film
of layers of time
When the customs officers came on board, they found
product no longer legal, like cigarettes and whisky
only marijuana was legal if smoked in moderation
the populace had stamps to ensure they
stuck to the moderation,
The authorities observed, that if
someone over-smoked, they tended to talk about
freedom of choice
The next day, the ship was no longer at the jetty
The Coast Guard's boat
was sent to sea to apprehend the ship, but no trace of her
those who had witnessed this were told not to talk about
the public must not know, but the pilot did,
lost his job, sent
to prison for spreading false alarm
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Jan Hansen
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