Ocean Waiting 

Tossed fore aft in transit, carried from quays 

Like keys of coke on Florida’s mangrove coasts

Assure the boss it’ll be OK

Bill a Jay so I don’t go mad

On the bay knowing how Basanio felt

But know exactly why I’m sad

Sitting on the dock of the bay, all day 

Awaiting my payday, payload on wave foam

Boss is on the phone

Blower blowing up like challenger one

Engineer must have picked up a banshee’s comb

I’m old in wise ides, my ideas are lights 

Wisecrack my way through strifes

Cracking smiles 

My mask cracks, slips

My guiles numerous as my wiles

Astral projecting so often I get air miles.

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