“Captain Melville, captain Melville,”
I suddenly heard behind my back.
This, to be sure, is not my name
and I turned around to say so.
Flee the port, captain---the shadow demanded----
your crew is after you."
These words chilled my bones
In the middle of this little street
cut off from the morning sun.

 

 

 

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