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THE SNIPE’S LAMENT NOW EACH OF US FROM TIME TO TIME HAS GAZED UPON THE SEA, AND WATCHED THE WARSHIPS PULLING OUT TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY FREE. AND MOST OF US HAVE READ A BOOK OR HEARD A LUSTY TALE ABOUT MEN WHO SAIL THESE SHIPS THROUGH LIGHTNING, WIND AND HAIL, BUT THERE’S A PLACE WITHIN EACH SHIP THAT LEAGEND FAILS TO TEACH, IT’S DOWN BELOW THE WATERLINE; IT TAKES A LIVING TOLL A HOT METAL LIVING HELL THAT SAILORS CALL THE HOLE. IT HOUSES ENGINES RUN BY STEAM THAT MAKES THE SHAFT GO ROUND A PLACE OF FIRE AND NOISE AND HEAT, THAT BEATS YOUR SPIRITS DOWN, WHERE BOILERS LIKE A HELLISH HEART, WITH BLOOD OF ANGRY STEAM, ARE MOLDED GODS WITHOUT REMORSE, ARE NIGHTMARES IN A DREAM. WHOSE THREAT THAT FROM THE FIRES ROAR IS LIKE A LIVING DOUBT, THAT ANY MINUTE WOULD THE SCORN ESCAPE AND CRUSH YOU OUT. WHERE TURBINES SCREAM LIKE TORTURED SOULS, ALONE AND LOST IN HELL, AS ORDERED FROM ABOVE SOMEWHERE THEY ANSWER EVERY BELL. THE MEN WHO KEEP THE FIRES LIT AND MAKE THE ENGINES RUN ARE STRANGERS TO THE WORLD OF NIGHT AND RARELY SEE THE SUN. WHEN SHIPS CONVERGE TO HAVE A WAR, UPON AN ANGRY SEA, THE MEN BELOW JUST GRIMLY SMILE AT WHAT THEIR FATE MIGHT BE. THEY’RE LOCKED IN BELOW LIKE MEN FOREDOOMED, WHO HERE NO BATTLE CRY. IT’S WELL ASSUMED THAT IF THEY’RE HIT THE MEN BELOW WILL DIE FOR EVERY DAY IS A WAR DOWN THERE, WHEN GAUGES ALL READ RED FOR HUNDRED POUNDS OF HEATED STEAM CAN KILL YOU MIGHTY DEAD. I’VE SEEN THE SWEAT SOAKED HEROES FIGHT IN SUPERHEATED AIR TO KEEP THEIR SHIP ALIVE AND RIGHT, THOUGH NO ONE KNOWS THEY’RE THERE AND THUS THEY’LL FIGHT FOR AGES ON TILL WARSHIPS SAIL NO MORE, AMID THE BOILERS’ MIGHTY HEAT AND THE TURBINES’ HELLISH ROAR, SO WHEN YOU SEE A SHIP PULL OUT, TO MEET A WARLIKE FOE, REMEMBER FAINTLY IF YOU CAN “THE MEN WHO SAIL BELOW”
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