The captain knew not what to do. / A shipwreck had killed all his crew. / By natives then found, / struck, captured and bound, / ‘tween pillars arcane and taboo. /// Utter terror swooped in in a blur, / which much later in dreams would recur. / To his shameful dismay / all his clothes torn away / by a nightmare of claws, fangs and fur. /// Captain castaway did not belong / on this island where Nature went wrong. / So he’d made his escape / from the gigantic ape / whom the natives had worshipped as Kong.
The captain knew not what to do. / A shipwreck had killed all his crew. / By natives then found, / struck, captured and bound, / ‘tween pillars arcane and taboo. /// Utter terror swooped in in a blur, / which much later in dreams would recur. / To his shameful dismay / all his clothes torn away / by a nightmare of claws, fangs and fur. /// Captain castaway did not belong / on this island where Nature went wrong. / So he’d made his escape / from the gigantic ape / whom the natives had worshipped as Kong.