Jim spoke softly, almost shyly -
He'd sailed the oceans on ships as big as small towns -
He'd crossed the line many times -
He'd seen whales -
I joined as a cadet he said -
I was 15 years old -
My first ship -
I remember being on the bridge -
The first officer had just taken a sextant reading -
He held his sextant in one hand, his cigarette in the other -
I knew what would happen next -
He threw his sextant into the sea, not his cigarette -
May 2019
On board East Meets West
Off the Lycian Coast
Turkey
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