The Story tellers

The Story Tellers.


They found old Peter burnt by the sun
on the strand between sea and land;
sea stars covered his eyes and tiny crabs
had sought refuge in his open mouth.
There was a wake, no one asked why he
had drowned, but his friends took turn
in telling of his many exploit when he
sailed the seven seas. In death he was
Promoted from a sea cook to a master
mariner, but telling lies like that is what
friends are for; beside it pleased his
grandchildren to know that the drunken
old man the occasionally saw had been
a hero of the great oceans.
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Ode to Hillary

If plan A fails
Try plan B
And cry.