[New-Poetry] Adieu Queen Elizabeth 2

[Anny Ballardini]

 Farewell Queen Elizabeth 2

My heartfelt Adieu to Queen Elizabeth 2, part of my personal story. My
father did not like airplanes and there were so many ships for our numerous
trips from Genova's harbor to New York's Port. On one trip Queen Elizabeth 1
had technical problems, and even if we were close to the States, the ship
veered back (I can still remember the disaster with glasses broken on the
floor, and people sliding from one side to the other, it was pitch dark in
the evening...). Probably to buy the spare parts in Italy at a more
convenient price. Passengers were offered to choose between a flight back or
another long transatlantic trip with Queen Elizabeth 2. My father,
logically, chose the Queen! That is how we ended up spending almost an
entire month on the Atlantic Ocean. I have always loved the Ocean.

>From today's The New York
Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/nyregion/17ship.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin>
:


With shrill blasts from its three Tyfon whistles and a 39-foot-long
paying-off pennant streaming from the mast — a foot for each year at sea —
that traditionally marks the end of a ship's commission, the Queen Elizabeth
2 (only the actual monarchs warrant Roman numerals, not the ships named for
royalty) split the predawn darkness to begin a day of festivities and
souvenir photos by the Statue of Liberty and berthed at Pier 90 at 53d
Street on the Hudson River, where the ship tied up around 6 a.m.

As she entered the harbor, she was trailed by the grander Queen Mary 2. The
two queens paraded to the Statue of Liberty before the Queen Mary 2 split
off to return to its dockage at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.


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Anny Ballardini
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