‘Olongapo bar’

A poem I picked up from another Blog by a Shippy who goes by Blind Dog!!!

ship of gray, morning haze

been at sea thirty days

endless horizon, oceans blue

much like jail, been there too

docked in port, ready to go

my favorite bar in Olongapo

moody music, dim lights

lonely sailors, dress whites

local girls, working nights

sexy skirts starting fights

drunken men on the floor

money gone, out the door

had duty, skipped my watch

in the bar drinking scotch

drank too much, on the deck

shore patrol, what the heck

locked me in, stinking jail

damn marines, what the hell

captain’s mast, anchors aweigh

lost my rank, lost my pay

I’ll be back another day

-Blind Dog