Mariner's Id Card Poem by Michael Pruchnicki

Mariner's Id Card

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Nowadays it sits securely in my wallet -
a card with my photo and fingerprint
issued by the Coast Guard

Identified as a merchant mariner
qualified as deckhand, wiper and
coalpasser

Once presented at the hiring hall
maintained by Lake Carriers Association
cardholder signed on a lakeboat

that sailed the season from Spring
into the storms of November

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