First Mate

First Mate

Like the great White Whale
Lurking somewhere in the murky depths
She swims silently
And when she breaches close by
It is an unexpected jolt
A bone-rattling blast from the past
Ripping the sails from the rigging
Leaving me floundering in her wake

I should have known
the Devil wouldn't let me down
He came a'calling in delicious disguise
All cleavage and flowing blond hair
Extending a forked hand
of friendship
With retractable poison tipped talons
dripping with temptation

In the absence of certainty
All I have is instinct
Such transparent treachery
wrinkles right up my nose
twisting knots in my stomach
and my left shoulder
developed a hunch
I never had before lunch

Now I can smell the smoke
from over the horizon
and the distant drums
are thumping in my heart
as powerful as the moon's gravitational sway
beating out a tribal rhythm
forewarning me of the soul shattering shock
when leviathans collide

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First and last stanzas are about women and how they can rock your world although it is just as possible it could be the man rocking the woman's emotional ship. Maybe, more probable? The second stanza refers to the scammers (probably men) lurking behind the profile pictures of attractive young women. It is not about women themselves. 2nd and 3rd stanzas are primarily about men using their common sense, logic and instincts to not get bedazzled by what they see with these online scammers.