White as bone
Half buried in sand
In three orderly
Rows
Their wooden cupboard
Casket
Has dissolved
In the indiscriminate brine
These salvaged shells
Now on display
As they were found
The ship that bore them
Still decomposing
Leaving nothing but
Anomalies
Al, sorry I had to look up ramekin, because it sounds like a sea creature but found, A ramekin or ramequin, also known as a bouillon bowl, is a small glazed ceramic or glass serving bowl used for the preparation and serving of various food dishes. The word is from French (as ramequin), and before that Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. So the dishes described in the poem are from a shipwreck? Steve
ReplyDeleteThey are actually from the Titanic. We saw them at an artifact exhibit just as described.
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