Having taken on one too many
dimpled rent-boys and
ladies-in-waiting,
the over-decorated
vessel collided with
a dozing croc this morning
and punctured its portside.

Marc Antony, the Roman superstar,
heroically tried and failed to seal the leak,
so the stately
barge finally gave up the ghost.

The stunning celebrity,
fondly called the Queen of the Nile,
reportedly sank like a stone
under the weight of all
the eye-shadow
and gold baubles;
however, Antony did manage
to save her asp.

Cleo, articulate and regal to the end,
purportedly bid her final adieu thus:
blub, blub, blub
Aiiiiii, blub, blub, blub.

Sonny Rainshine

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