OTI:one poem, notes, one illustration:8/16/16

Open To Interpretation

Rap Rap Rap

Kannon beside Ishmael at the Red Wheel,
The crew free from scrubbing awhile,
Rain squalls keeping the Black Deck clean.
The sails wind full,
And the Black Ship galloping over the Black Sea,
South.
Pip, Ned, Watteau, Madeline,
Sing and play a tune,
The crew coming in on the chorus.

(chorus)
Rap rap rap
There's a Raven at your door
Tap tap tap
And her name is Nevermore
Rap rap rap

Who'd ya think was there?
Rap rap
D'ya  think that she will care?
Tap tap
Let her in if you dare
Rap rap

There's a Raven at your door
Rap rap rap
And her name is Nevermore
Tap tap tap

Ignore her if you can
Rap rap
Tell her you're not a fan
Tap tap
Don't want her pot and pan
Rap rap

And her name is Nevermore
Rap rap rap
There's a Raven at your door
Tap tap tap

She'll sit upon your lap
Rap rap
And take your ugly cap
Tap tap
And make you take a nap
Rap rap

She'll have your kids and more
Rap rap rap
If you let her in the door
Tap tap tap
And her name is Nevermore
Rap rap rap
There's a Raven at your door
There's a Raven at your door...

The Ravens in the Black Ship's rigging thought the song a wonder,
The Gulls not so much,
Poe was non-committal...

DolphinWords

Notes: ral (running around laughing)...Edgar Allen Poe and Music...Illustration...I thought maybe to be a technical illustrator, like for biology books...Ant Lion a copy from a drawing in an instruction book...6/?/75...

:)

DavidDavid