The Rape of the Wreck Known As M257
The stricken craft
M257 lay stuck
hard and fast upon
her leeward side ..
With fore mast split
from top
through to her tail
waiting on the tide ..
No colours
would she fly again
nor proudly
sail our seven seas ..
She’s waiting
on the salvage crew
to strip her clean
of cargo, ballast
and any bounty hid
they may
yet chance to find
stowed inside
a beach holed hull
and all along her
splintered oaken seams ..