Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Shanghai Tunnels

Portland, Oregon - underground, 

The Shanghai Tunnels used to be,

Where legend has it, men were bound

For Asia, taken forcibly.

An able bodied man be at

A bar enjoying fun with ale,

Trapdoored to under habitat,

And tunneled to a ship to sail

Off to Asia - the term, "Shanghaied,"

Where he became a slave until

He managed to escape or died.

Some of the tunnels exist still.

The Shanghai Tunnels get bad rap.

Some say it's just a tourist trap.