"Last watch on the Midland" by Stan Rogers
"Lock-Keeper" by Stan Rogers
(...that anchor chain's a fetter - and with it you are tethered to the foam, - and I wouldn't trade your life for one hour of home.)
"Thirty-year man" by Clive James/Pete Atkin
etc etc etc etc
All time favourite line is from "I see the Joker" (C.James/P.Atkin): In it, a Mafia boss is paranoid about being stalked by an assasin and takes all conceivable precautions; but he is still worried - "..is this headache the weight of the cross-hairs on my brow?". For me, it packs a lot in a few words.