<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545133" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Anchor to Windward</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lakeboat mariners look forward to winter lay-up all summer long. The last voyage north from the steel mills in South Chicago begins before dawn with autumn winds and a cup of hot black coffee from the galley to ward off the chill. Guys congregate on the wind-swept decks, stomping feet and talking of this and that - wives and kids and days spent lounging before the new TV and drinking Budweiser.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'See you next spring, Mick? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Not on the Mighty Fitz, you won't! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His shipmates laugh. They all know Mick's final paycheck is all but spent as soon as he signs off the boat. His wife and three kids live in a four room flat in Canaryville on Chicago's south side. Mick's not ready to swallow the anchor yet. He'll be back with the rest of us eager to sail another season on the Lakes. We keep an anchor to windward.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">first day of November<br>raw winds astern-<br>lake is dark and deep</div><div style="margin:10px 0">life ashore-<br>rent due<br>first of the month</div><div style="margin:10px 0">morning till night<br>chores to do-<br>house in disarray</div><div style="margin:10px 0">bar tab<br>eats up the bonus-<br>wife in a snit</div><div style="margin:10px 0">first day of April<br>seabag packed-<br>Mighty Fitz welcomes us</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Pruchnicki">Michael Pruchnicki</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545133" data-title="Anchor to Windward de Michael Pruchnicki" data-description="Lakeboat mariners look forward to winter lay-up all summer long. The last voyage north from the steel mills in South Chicago begins before dawn with autumn winds and a cup of hot black coffee from the galley to ward off the chill. Guys congregate ..."></div> </div> </div>

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