On Board The Bayonne


from the ABC set SCRIPT POETRY (WESTERN)

The ship was where I met
My last whore; I proposed.

You can’t erase your past alone,
You need a soul like hers to do the job

And I got on board not wanting to know
Who I am anymore; the captain was quick and tranquil,

Slow and troublesome was the journey.

We were reaching Europe – our land of hope -
When we got drunk for the last time both.

She respects her husband
Because she thinks she’ll be a widow

One day, like all respectable women.
I wish she weren't so inaccurately sure;

Death doesn't like to spoil
A sturdily unhappy ending

For two.

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