Bromfords of the Kollobita´´rtainnen - Part 12

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"Bromford Grove"

It′s really true how nothin' matters.

No mad, mad world and no mad hatters.

No one′s pitchin' cause there ain't no batters

In Bromford Grove.

Don′t bar the door

There′s no one comin'.

The ocean′s roar will bar the drummin'

Of any city thoughts and city ways.

The ocean breezes cool my mind,

The salty days are her′s and mine

Just to do what we wanna.

Tonight we'll find a dune that′s ours

And softly we will see the stars

Until sun up.

It's really true how nothin' matters.

No mad, mad world and no mad hatters.

No one′s pitchin′ cause there ain't no batters

In Bromford Grove.

After we have finished eating I ask Captain Hammock, »So, how long have you been sailing the Kollobita´´rtainnen seas? To be honest, I haven't heard of it before. «

The question seems to unsettle the man as if he had never thought about it.

»That is hard to say«, he admits. »Feels like yesterday. Yes, I think it was yesterday that we picked up our freight in the harbour of Coney Island and set sails to the Kollobita´´rtainnen. «

»That can't be right«, Rilliam Wiker says. »Didn't we agree that we picked up our freight in the harbour of Quantico the other day? «

»And we have sailed to many, many harbours and cities and islands since then«, Tummy, the cook, adds. »That is more than one day. Strange things happen since we are sailing the Kollobita´´rtainnen Sea. «

»Time has no meaning. «

Mr. Tumbleweed has walked all around the deck searching the horizon for any traces of land.

»Time has no power and no control over Greenlion and the oceans that surround it. «

»Time is acting strange in the Kollobita´´rtainnen Sea«, Tummy, the cook, is nodding.

»So«, the captain concludes, »it might be only a few days or hundreds of years that we are sailing the Kollobita´´rtainnen Sea on the WaveEater, the mightiest ship the seven seas - that might be eight - have ever seen. «

»But you know and you have been to the island of Greenlion before? « I ask, not sure if I want to hear another confusing answer.

»Of course we know it«, the captain spits out. »And we will never set foot on that cursed and damned land. «

Today is Tuesday, the 12th of December 2023.