SHIP RAGE

 

The silence of a foggy night in the fall

Was shattered suddenly by a radio call 

“Unknown vessel divert your course please

And steer to the north by fifteen degrees

Recommend you make this correction

That we might avoid a head on collision”

The reply came “Divert YOUR course please

And steer to the south by fifteen degrees

Recommend you make this correction

That we might avoid a head on collision”

“This is the Captain of the USS Codfish

I say again, divert YOUR course forthwith”

The Reply came back “No, I say again

You must divert you course you can’t remain”       

This is the USS Codfish not a garbage scow

We’re a large warship divert your course now!

“I don’t care whether you are large or small”

“This is a lighthouse” Said the reply “your call”