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Navy Coffee
By: Rod
Mooney
For Greeks,
ambrosia was OK,
but used up all the sailor’s pay.
Then, in a more enlightened age,
tars worked for grog
instead of wage.
But as for me, I love to hug
a good old Navy mug.
It’s fragrance cuts the salty air
and wafts me far away from there.
It’s best when made so it can
stand
without the mug, just in the hand,
and crusted mugs from watches back
are germ free, if your coffee is black.
Beware the canned milk on the
bridge,
it’s likely never seen a fridge,
and if it fails to pour or run,
it’s left over from World War II (or I).
But don’t spill the coffee on
your boots;
your socks will soon start growing roots,
and if it penetrates the deck,
he panicked crew could cause a wreck.
Way down below, the engine
crew
prefers an even stronger brew,
and sometimes as they ply their craft,
they use the stuff to grease the shaft.
When Navy coffee is thick and
black,
it guards against a heart attack,
and if it’s strong enough , I’m sure,
it functions as a cancer cure.
But best of all, it makes the days,
pass quickly in a caffeine haze.
Before your teeth have turned all brown,
you'll find your back in Norfolk town.
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