Darker Than Crimson

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The falling needle
The ink in stamps

A blood stomp,

A permanent statement,

Stop

The sail is ripe

The rope and plank

Choke the wooden poles

A line of red can be seen all around the ankle

It Itches

It hurts

Burn the salt and lemon rash

The bird can kiss a wild jack

The teeth keep plummeting in the sink

Fights clash and occur

Faster than clanging beers

Laid back and free

For a price of a late night candy rush

A black stone weighs too much for the sea

Mini anchor seeps deep,

Through the deep lagoon,

The "enlightened" ship

And the echoes of crews grasping

To the rushing stream

A red gem has tumbled and flipped,

A wavy drift

Floats and tiredly shifts

To the surface, it slumps on the clay sand

The gem is taken to a seaweed venal chest

Of the big crimson man

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