Such is a community
of inviolable immunity, protected
from tampering or harpooning
mutiny. Every better thinker’s impulse
to shrink us (at the shoreline from our
lifeblood’s deep pulse) uses disparaging
scrutiny to sink us.

Our great captain's captain.

The outfit, tight in places,
and loose in some, says as much
in the buttons as it does in cuffs.

...you hold a poem
that functions half as personal
note and half as telescope
to the heights
awaiting us all.

To me, Ramon is always going to be the captain even if he doesn't wear the armband. He's someone who everyone looks up to ... They come in and they respect him. (Ramon) is a great guy, he fights for the team; I can't see anyone else be more of a leader than him.

A captain always knows where his ship is. It's like a psychic bond.”
“If only we had a captain here.