... ship sail, sail fast ...

... a ship floated out of here last evening ... into the grey back wall of a modest storm ...
... all tin-pan and turquoise rail ... plexiglass accent out rigging sleep decks ...
... layered white circuitboard ... chevrons of lifeboat roe seed ...
... sit stolid on the water ...

... en route ...

... I love watching cruiseships ... slip off into night ... but this time I had cause to pause ...

... if this was coastal Louisiana ...

... adventure invaded by raw crude ... top-kill drop on a delta-wide dream scene ...
... tar-stained hull siding ... contaminated ... with grease ...

... streak and globule ...
... no more briny lung full ... whipped-up ocean seaspray ...
... instead ...

... devilist carbo-chemical pungency ...

... provoked by Big Petroleum turmoil ...

... what now? ... sail around? ...