Of late large clumps of black sea weed
Have been washed up on the beach
There is no rational explanation for this
The Genoa was sunk off of Kingsdown in 1945
She hit a lazy mine and sank within the hour
There were no fatalities apart from the ships cat
I am a survivor from the sinking of the Genoa
And have lived in Kingsdown ever since
I often think of the ships cat who was named Isaac
He was a large tabby and the best mouser
That I have ever seen his exploits were legendary
But he could not swim and drowned with the mice
Before I was rescued that day from the sinful sea
I saw clumps of black seaweed such as I have seen recently
The years may have passed but I still feel the same discomfort