An ABC poem has a series of lines that create a mood, picture, or feeling. Lines are made up of words and phrases. The first word of line 1 begins with an A, the first word of line 2 begins with a B etc.

http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/

Oh, now I see the ABC’s. Don’t I feel silly. It’s not a happy mood, and that comes through quite clearly with a nice naughtical theme to it.

cannibalistic seamen? stranded islanders eating (from the carving part) those that didn’t make it? not with lye, ew, unless the living are drenched with lye to kill the germs, but that doesn’t make as much sense.. anchor.. perhaps the awful job on an old slaveship of putting the ones overboard that they lost.. what a terrible job to have! the thought of that turns my stomach.
32, you have written a lot with so little. :)

@Elsha, poetry, let it wash over you, don’t get lost in the literal, it’s not there. But I added tags.