ON THE TITANIC

 

The most popular drink on the Titanic

Was not served with a lemon slice

Nor with an olive or a soda splash

It was simply served with lots of ice

A THOUSAND SOULS

 

A thousand souls

Plus, half a thousand more

Never again to feel

Land beneath their feet

Lost to the icy deep

For man’s conceit

And lay their still

In companionable rest

Beneath the icy sea

With the unsinkable lady

Of the White Star Line

MARY KEZIA ROBERTS

 

Mary Kezia Roberts

Was a remarkable woman

If for no other reason

Then she sailed, as a stewardess,

Aboard Titanic, and survived

And two years later

Was aboard the HMHS Rohilla

When she was wrecked

And she survived again

NOT EVEN GOD

 

Their arrogant confidence

Was unshrinkable

In fact they considered it

To be unthinkable

For the RMS Titanic

Not to be unsinkable

THE BITTER IRONY OF LIFE IS THAT BY THE TIME

 

The bitter irony of life is that by the time,

By whatever means, reason or rhyme

You're old enough to know your way

Around, you're not going anywhere anyway.

IT'S TRUE THAT LIFE BEGINS AT FIFTY

 

It's true that life begins at fifty

Of that I don’t think there’s a doubt

But it's then that everything else starts

To wear out, fall out, or spread out

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