Pattern of metal unjointed
A warrior's ferocious footprint
Orderly curves follow the lines
Orderly place as flesh turns
To chaos rot and soil red
Metal rusted into orange
Metal blooded but still here
To carve a shape in time
The host ship carried its crew
Pattern of body disappears
A warrior's honorable departing
On the non existent burial boat of a warrior
Viking Exhibition, British Museum, 2 March 2014
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