OTI:one poem and notes:6/9/16

Open To Interpretation

The Shore Of Nevermore

No one wanted to go ashore,
The long slender craft's bow scrubbed up the shingle,
Secure against the coming and going waves.
Far to the east along the Rocky Shore,
The volcano Never,
And before them the tall trees of the Conifer Forest,
The black sand beach.
Ishmael looked them over,
"Well?" he asked them.
"It's Nevermore, Chief," Shaw said, "No one returns from Nevermore."
"Shhhh...be quiet..." Ishi said, "a Black Dragon comes..."
Ichi listened, and the crew scanned all the dark clouded sky.
Ichi grabbed his bow, and prepared an arrow...
"Oh, it is the same Dragon that took Dulcinea..."
The crew couldn't see a thing,
Their heads all turning about, craned upwards...
And then the Dragon came out of the low clouds,
But not attacking,
But rather making a slow leisurely approach...
Nonetheless, Ichi let loose an arrow when the Dragon was in range...
And to Ichi's amazement the Dragon dodged it easily,
And the Dragon followed the arrows flight as it went harmlessly by,
And as it lost momentum, and was falling to earth,
The Dragon flew beneath it...
Ichi smiled.
"Ichi, meet Ishi." said Dulcinea,
And Ichi graciously bowed,
And accepted his returned arrow from Ishi.  
Black Dragon Pet calmly sat on the black sand beach. 
The crew, not so calm, one by one jumped
Over the gunnels of the slender craft,
Waded through the surf,
And gathered before Dulcinea, Ishi, and Black Dragon Pet.

Dolphinwords


Notes:..hmmph....'Ichi meet Ishi'...irresistible...

:)

DavidDavid