Deep Sixed
She took the love of her sailor
and deep-sixed it over the side.
It was meant to be a cruise.
Now, it seems he was taken for a ride.
The sun was brightly shining.
The wind was five knots East.
Her heart was all a-flutter
but two days out, her love ceased.
Red sky on the horizon
early at the break of dawn.
He sensed a storm was coming
though he was ill-prepared for her scorn.
It all began with a tiff, over what to do in the hot tub.
Then, how much he spent on cigars.
Then, his rude dancing in the nightclub.
Then, a shouting match in the bar.
By the fourth day he was sleeping on the cot.
They went to meals at separate times.
At the pool, she saw him with a redhead, who was hot.
That night, she verbally listed all his crimes.
They weren’t speaking, by the time they disembarked.
They each ignored the other. Left a lot of things unsaid.
They raced to be first to where the car was parked.
He won, and sped away with the redhead.