大象传媒

That a ship鈥檚 biscuit might yet see us through
our circumnavigation of the globe
is testimony to its shelf life, true,
though your nonchalant doffing a bathrobe

makes me think you鈥檙e also playing for keeps.
That a ship鈥檚 biscuit might yet see us through
may be traced back partly to Samuel Pepys
and his time in the navy, partly to

our weevil-sense it鈥檚 easier to chew
when first softened behind the lower lip.
That a ship鈥檚 biscuit might yet see us through
from the time we weighed anchor at Pike鈥檚 Slip

to our pretty much having learned the ropes
vindicates our taking the longer view
and persisting, pretty much, in the hope
that a ship鈥檚 biscuit might yet see us through.