I join the Navy
Gets me a draft deferment
‘til I graduate
I get my gold ensign bars
I say goodbye, college joys
Alaska beckons
Ferocious winds stir the sea
Ship rocks, rolls, yaws
Waves raise the bow slam it down
Ship quakes. Hail Mary full of ….
Enter canal locks
Water lifts ship few inches
forward to next lock
Mother Nature frowns, we pass
Pacific to Atlantic
Sun breaks horizon
Presents an endless ocean
Begins boring day
Wow, dolphins on sides of bow
vanish, boring day returns
Liberty, Naples
Boat to ruins of Pompeii
Tour Roman Ruins
Preserved by volcanic ash
Dug out for our viewing joy
Liberty for crew
under Aruba’s hot sun
ends rudely at noon
Sunstruck sailors pour aboard
Drunk, nasty, looking for fights
Panama City
Sand pure white, ocean deep blue
Sailors not welcome
First night sailors off ship
I bail seven out of jail
Sailors desperate
I rent resort in boondocks
Fence keeps out the snakes
Resort great for drunken brawl
Sailors wreck it. Captain pissed
