Cinema Pirate Drama: A Garland Tribute on the High Seas
Sailing
o’r rolling waves—
the Jolly Roger high
atop the mast, gallantly proud,
ready.
Look out,
sharp eyed, his scope
sweeps fore and aft searching—
“Varmints starboard, me burley mates!
booty!”
“Or’take
the scurvy rogues!
A Birt by her colors!
Spare not one cursed bloody soul.
To doom!
Full sheets
the brigands sail
their course, cannons primed--
the silent brig plows on, no life
on deck.
They board,
scouring decks--
but only the whisper
of ghosts and mayhem greet their eyes
today.
John Daleiden
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