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quinquireme of / Nineveh from / distant / Ophir
A E B E / A E B E / ABEEBE / B E E B E
rowing home to / haven in / sunny / Palestine
A E B E
with a cargo of / ivory, / apes and / peacocks
A E B E
sandalwood, / cedarwood, and / sweet white / wine
II
stately Spanish / galleon / coming from the / Isthmus
dipping through the / Tropics by the / palm-green / shores
with a cargo of / diamonds, / emeralds, / amethysts
topazes, and / cinnamon, and / gold / moidores
III
dirty British / coaster with a / salt-caked / smoke stack
butting through the / Channel in the / mad March / days
with a cargo of / Tyne coal, / road-rails, / pig-lead
firewood, / iron-ware, and / cheap tin / trays
IV
wet Kijal / jetty where / cruise ships once / came
alone and / forlorn now in a // heart-broken / care
with thick sand / encroaching on / rough concrete / walkway
thumping foam / breakers kick / rusting sea / air
V
the rain brings a / cargo of / memories to / me
I think of you / both in the / brusque monsoon / here
York Street, / Macquarie, a / Waverton / café
Opera House, / Cockatoo, / Redoak night / beer
I think of you / both in the / brusque monsoon / here
Boráros, Corvinus, Köbánya-Kispest
Haller, Keleti, Budapest beer
