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              | what ship plays with icebergs and plays soft music as it sinks into the ocean?
 what ship on the throw of a dice
 feeds a prophet to his fishy destination?
 what ship breaks its spine on the rocks
 and turns the waves black with lubrication?
 
 a ship of fools
 but there are fools and
 those who seem to be
 
 what ship is built on a dry highland
 is launched by a downpour
 and flies on watery wings to the peak of a mountain?
 what ship has a crew
 of taxmen thieves and fishermen
 who decide in the howling storm
 to make a small sleeping carpenter
 their captain?
 
 yes
 a ship of fools
 but there are fools and
 those who only appear to be
 
 Simon Jenkins, 1977
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