Poets pub picture prompt
Where are the old friends now?
With their pipes and bad Jokes,
White hair and stretched skin, for
Whom staring at the gull was an escapadeOn the shore that washed their feet,
Under the summer sun shining bright,
Betting all their retirement money
On whose head the gull will crap today!The gull of the sea is ready game,
But the friends, alas! Are missing,
Is it an aftermath of the smoke rings
Or a symptom of their vile childrenBut the gull is sharp at vespers nine
Like the albatross to the ancient mariners,
Is this emptiness among this vast ocean
Just another ill thought misfire?'tross not gull yet gross and dull
For the airborne friend that looks on,
Summer is dim and sea is stupor
As the gull flies o'er the empty chairs...~Ajay
A/N- The fourth stanza refers to the 'Rime of an ancient mariner' by Samuel ColeridgeJuly 2017