The Web Poetry Corner - Stephen Cree - A Very Strange Thing
A Very Strange Thing
by
Stephen Cree
Whilst on a pleasure cruise on the River Ouse
I remarked to my good friend, Hector
that were he employed as a casting director
and looking to fill the role of a U-boat officer
he could do worse than casting
the man starboard standing
with monocle and scar over his kisser.
We later conversed with the very same chap
and were truly astonished to glean
he had served in the German armed forces
and commanded a submarine.