Bible story belowdecks.the prophet Jonah.
Picking Up Pieces
Jonah story as told in a storm to settle the boys.
on April 27, 2024
I tell ye boys
Storm up dere is a howling.
Your next shift on deck
Forty five minutes.
Terrified huh?
Well listen will ye
To that Jonah account.
God’s prophet.
Go to villainous Ninevah.
Preach repentance.
You gotta be kidding Boss.
They’re a horrible bunch.
Took a ship opposite direction.
Outrun God?
His plans?
Not a chance chicken -shit.
Storm rises up. Real bad one.
Superstitious mates toss out
The ornery prophet.
Swallowed up whole
By a stinking whale.
Three days in cramped muck.
Spat out on some beach.
Repentance returned
The Dead.
Don’t mess with the Lord.
His will and pointing Finger.
P.S. Ninevah heard him preach
Got turned around.
God’s mercy handed out.
Saved. Whole bunch of folks
And their critters too.
That’s the Tale
Man and whale.
(Returning Billy to his squeeze box.
Billows a-singing.
Ever so sweet.
Little buttons scampering.)
About this poem
A visit with Billy be Jiggered.
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Written on April 27, 2024
Submitted by dougb.72572 on April 27, 2024
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| Characters | 957 |
| Words | 200 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 37 |
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