Tough, heavy, amazingly waterproof but incredibly warm and ages old, this blanket is a treasure rescued from a resale shop and now aboard my vessel. Few men are permitted to keep such marvellous tokens by wives with more sensitive bents.
Recycled Treasure
Heavy of indeterminate age
Wirey dark coarse curly wool
bordered in a carmine canvas
Nothing defines its fabrication
Home made or manufactured
Is it really a buffalo robe it’s
Feral scent and dirt offputting
Discarded by a resale shop
Cleaned and folded now it rests
With quiet dignity on my berth
Warming on frosted watches
A comfort on stormy nights
Poetry by josephus
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Written on 2021-03-08 at 15:58
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