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[Griselda]

Wow, there's lots of awful pirate poetry on the web, mostly based on the recent movie. Here's a poem that I did like, though (from the web, I didn't write it):

Yo ho ho! I’m a pirate, can’t you tell.
Drinking rum all day, I think my life is swell.
Whenever I come near
People run, and scream in fear
It’s not the sight that’ll get you, it’s the smell.

I recommend the life, but it’s hard to get a date
When the hobbies you prefer are pillage, loot, and rape.
People often wonder
What we do with all that plunder
I could tell you, but I’d rather obfuscate.

As any woman will agree, I’m not a pretty sight
I’m scruffy, poorly dressed, and taken by the blight
I have a wooden leg,
(it’s really more a peg)
and my eye patch makes me awkward in the night.

I’m a pirate, don't you know, I think my life is great
We’ve just sacked a town and it’s time to celebrate
No one is disputing
this town was fine for looting
Let’s all tip a flask to the captain and first mate.