62. For love of the Enterprise

She's a fine ship, my loves. She's carried the name through many vessels, both actual and imagined, though not necessarily fictional-- yet.
I give you a sonnet to all of them.

This doesn't include JJ Abrams' re-envisioned Enterprise, which I hear
 is an element of argument amongst those geeky enough to worry. 

The Enterprise was first a Constitution

not counting boats or Shuttle, white as snow

Okay, there's Archer's, but that's diminution

I tend to discount that entire show.

The refit, for the movie, named the class

and had some grand adventures with her crew.

But Kirk destroyed it-- sometimes he's an ass--

to kill some Klingons, which he tends to do.

The A was built, establishing a trend;

the B was stung, and Nexus-bound sent Kirk;

the C passed through a chrono-spatial rend;

the D was huge, with saucer-sep a perk.

The E is sleek, and beat Picard's white whale;

In Abrams' relaunch, Kirk's kicked Nero's tail.

I was going to accompany each ship with a picture of it in order to show those who don't know, intimately, down in their bones, what each ship looks like. But not right now. Look for a later update. Or email me, here, on fb, or at kaeroth@hotmail.com. I will tell you about this. Believe.