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Celebrate - "The Siren's Call"



THE SIREN'S CALL by Jay Ailworth
It used to be ships were made of wood and men of steel,
They navigated the oceans less by science and more by feel.
Now we sail boats of carbon and fiberglass,
And many a sailor has learned the arcane skills in a sailing academy class.
In sudden squalls and violent storms the ships were torn, and tossed,
While men fighting the tempest were swept overboard and lost.
The oceans still delivers the storms as it did back then,
But now our weather fax and gribs tell us where and when.
Storms were not all that could bring a ship to grief,
Many found their doom on an uncharted mid ocean reef.
No longer do we chart our course by the southern cross or northern pole star,
Electronic chart plotters and GPS point out each reef, island or shore near and far.
While our differences are many there is one common key,
Like the tars of old we have been lured by the call of the sea.

Until next time...

Charlie, Cathy & Jay




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