on brown water
on brown water
silently the slithering sibilant serpents sweeps southward
watching the brown water flow by from a fiberglass deck
twilight watch calls for vigilant eyes fore to aft to leeward
as musty monsoon winds blow humid over human dreck
in the magic time bringing quiet calm unexpected unsure
swivel a gun about in random pointless automatic motion
living long and lean on fear’s diet wasting time’s treasure
leave lost in the wild abandon action poisons the potion
magnesium flares burst starboard and so each head turns
fingers caress the throttle the chief orders action stations
gunships swoop open doored dragons whose sting burns
m-sixties chatter sharp and brief send cruel abominations
another typical night patrol awaiting the sun’s early dawn
careful chaos under control all the lots have been drawn