An Old Fragment
I am like a savage, capsized at sea, who has gathered flotsam, piece by
piece, and lashed it together with seaweed.
I have made a sail of a whale bladder and my rudder is at deadly peril
to passing sharks. But it works, and I
have learned things about the sea and about sailing that I think the captains
of the majestic oil tankers, or the dapper skippers of the jaunty yachts, for
all their instrumentation, were able to ignore or were too far above the sea to
learn! I have been blown onto shores not
on their charts and seen many wondrous things. Hear my tale and take title to these
vistas with my blessing! I do not have
the skills or the strength to exploit them.
If, perchance, you should want to communicate with me, you must toss me
notes in bottles, written in my simple, primitive language as I have no radio
on board. If you should want to
rendezvous, you must give me time to navigate my primitive craft to our place of
meeting! If you wanted to offer me a
tow, I would not be too proud to accept it! <*> Origin: SNET - 0030 - COGNITIVE From: JERRYI@DELPHI.COM Public To: ALL Date: