Tall Ships

USS Constitution
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bony masts
fleshed and
dressed white

with sail
tight and taut
in their sheets

billows strain
breathing deep
windswept skies

sharp cut bows
cleave the
greenwater sheen

liquid history
heaving her
stories with speed

along freeboards
to draught
in the wake

cannons poised
in their cheeks
for salute

gaff rigs boast
crisp snapping
pennants and flags

a flotilla of
yesteryears
making for home

in the dreams
of a boy with a
nautical heart