The Paper-clip Captain

by Will Read - Gemini

The world is my quarter
as I roll on the rail.
Tempestuous waters,
at behest of a sail.

Though my 'crew' is a button,
and an old Drawing-pin.
I'm the Paper-clip Captain,
but a Pirate within.

I'm a stationary adventurer.
A clipper of note.
Master and skipper,
of this fine paper boat.

That has sailed out of childhood,
to an Isle on the lake.
Where button has fastened,
and drawing-pin staked...

A claim for the treasure,
of the mind of a child...
And the paper-clip captain...?
I'm carefully filed!

Birth sign: Gemini
Date created: 2006-06-18 07:35:27
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:47:02
Poem ID: 71398

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