Mallus in tea shops on all social issues
Nothing given settled devoid such cups
Chai pe charcha it morphed catapulted
Powers be promise, to be derail oldies
Techies spill it at coolers coffee shops
Neighbours gossiping critique in parks
Ignorant teenagers playful teasingly
Ladies on affairs that may go astray
Spills in bedrooms often sans cups
Kya hua thera vada promises unkept
Independent directors in board rooms
Uncanny ask, spill all that’s undisclosed
Heard it in ports harbours sea too often
At home office when others got stirred
Wee bit sugar calms it balms soothingly
Right brew, coffee, beer, ale sooth all
Seen it all as saltie mariner for decades
Round the world voyage fresher cadet
Spirited stormy petrel around ominously
Calms follow clean up fish gulls et al
‘prentice spilled teepol clean alleyways
Steward slipped captain’s tray biscuits
Hell didn’t break loose while clean up
Storms cyclones typhoons passed by
Galley news: capt seasick, Cheng vertigo
Mate’s wife miscarried, bond locker broken
Booze bottles broke, beer cans leaky, cigs wet
Shore leave, long stay, port of refuge repairs
All hands on deck lash cargo, lube drums
Hot well saline, fuels mixed, lube sump milky
Cofferdams sounding, anchor chain dangling
Stability stiff, Bilges flooded, stresses high
H&M, P&I, PSC, Flag state, Navy, CG boarded
Surveyors costing, DPA fuming, Claims piling
Brokers: what mess; Insu: lacked due diligence
Elder Brethren: in extremis, this too shall pass!
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