Twenty Seven Sailors

by

Violence and music
in their purest state
traps twenty seven sailors
while I lock them away.

Mama says don't meddle
nestling your hands
where they don't belong
but you belong here.

Dry eyes
Dry mouth
Your fan 
dries us out.

Our passions
expand
from your ship
to other lands.

Safe to say
I enjoy being

the pirate above the reef.