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Two bottles of malbec by Captain B
TWO BOTTLES OF MALBEC
Two bottles of malbec
Versus 48 beers last night
Did much to remedy the Richter Scale
And the destruction of galaxies
Innocent and unaware
Of the catastrophe
That i in the past
Have been architect
Nothing deeper or more profound
Than bathroom happenings
We are referring to
Surf report for the new year?
I hope better than one week last July
Which, was of course, superb and inspiring
The few days that it was this year
Dial up V to ask his opinion
…picks up on first ring
Me: Dai Monstro!
V: Dale Pellegrino!
Me: e ai? Ta rolando um surf animal?
V: venha seu porra!
Me: ja to indo
V: demorou! Tem altas. Venha pra casa, Peligrosito. Come home muddafucka!
When we hung up
I talked to other floating things
I got lost
When i lost it
Phantom thread
So atrocious i found it. Well, sloppy. Falling off the couch. First date. Never been here before?
Gonna choke on your own vomit?
All was collected. All was blessed, pardoned, forgiven by only it
Sick of this discussion every minute
It’s late
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WHO IS CAPTAIN B?
Captain B. Seafarer. Lover of shore leave. Collector of heads. Disseminator of tales. Twitter: @NPeligeiro
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They would be called dreams by Captain B
They would be called dreams
They would be called dreams
The first, two years ago?
Walking along a lakeshore dragging a corpse
Dead in my arms
No recollection of the murder i’d committed
Guilt, desire to flee
Necessity of washing the blood from my hands
Life continued
The guilt only grew
And reached extremity, extension exhausted
When the authorities knocked at my door
I fled and woke up
Two nights ago
I was back at the lake
Under the spell of a twenty-foot tall
Demon equalizer
A hell-spawn debt collector
Directed my legs to the spot
Another captive tried to flee
Straight up like a rocket
Straight to the sun
As we all desire, knowingly or not
He met it worse than Icarus
The flames left no evidence
Save for rapidly dissipating ash
I was made to dig up the bones
I feared the demon thing would devour me
The terror i felt when the jaws of death opened
But the razor sharp teeth only bent into a smile
As the giant leapt directly into the ether
And i was left to wonder if the debt was paid
Though not one moment doubting
That i had done wrong
Somewhere, sometime
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WHO IS CAPTAIN B?
Captain B. Seafarer. Lover of shore leave. Collector of heads. Disseminator of tales. Twitter: @NPeligeiro