Day 72,
This has taken too
long... Become a sailor, they said... you will see tropical countries, they
said.... exotic ports, they said. Bollocks I say! Bollocks.
Day 82 it is now, since we lost our
rudder... day 28 since Pionus First Class bit the dust...
I am supposed to rejoice that rations will
last further now that she is no longer a drain on resources, well, I am not
happy. She never ate a lot and at least I had a friend in her.
Supplies are now dangerously low, the ship
has started to take on water, . I hope it doesn’t come to having to resort to
cannibalism because I think the captain is full of gristle. I wouldn’t want to
eat him.
Earlier today we thought we saw some land in the distance, alas it was
not at all the tropical island we were aiming for, it was a sad and scary
place, all gray and white... methinks it was just an iceberg... the only thing
we could hope for is hunting some seals there to sustain us as we float along
in the open ocean.
We are starting to grow tremendously weary of being trapped
on this floating wreck we used to call home... with nothing to do we are
getting on each others nerves, snapping at each other and engaging in useless
arguments as to the direction of the winds.... well the wind is irrelevant
since we lost our sails on Dec 7 and now, wind or no wind we are depending on
destiny to bring us ever closer to our fate... be it whatever it may...
A glimmer of hope remains with every
sunrise. We are not dead yet and there is water enough, if starvation doesn’t kill
us, madness might as we cut each others throats in a final standoff in the
middle of the Atlantic.
As it is we experience moments of
tenderness and conversations which sound like we are best friends with deadly
diseases ending in sentiments like “To
you I will leave my favourite pistol, just remember it shoots a bit to the
left...” and “you are my only friend in this empty expanse of the vast ocean”
yet as hours go by we have no one else to turn on but each other. I hope this
ordeal passes soon.
May God protect us,
BM Evenson
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