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Eugene Ostashevsky: A Pirate Fit to Opine on Feet for Sonya

May 13, 2011 by PBQ

This is my main hand,
says the Pirate,

and it has made me what I am: the main man
on the Main!

Yes, I’m a radical rapscallion
cruising around in my Spanish galleon,

filling the sails with northeasterly trade winds,
discharging cannons and making nice with the maidens.

I stand on the fore, I stand on the aft,
it’s the lifestyle I like, not the golden calf.

Any time you ask me if I want rum,
I’ll say, Thank you, I will have some!

Enter MC Squared.

MC2: Ahoy mate,
spare some pieces of eight?

Pi: Get a job, you nogoodnik!

MC2: Alas, I am psychologically unable to work.

Filed Under: Contributors 74, Issue 74, Poetry, Poetry 74 Tagged With: Contributors 74, Eugene Ostashevsky, Poetry, Poetry 74

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