A Piratical Poem.

SWEET REVENGE

What ho, What hey, I’m Blackbeard

The terror of the seas

Come stop your work, your play

And hear my victim’s pleas

This one’s a Nun, I robbed her

And here’s a boy I ate

My crew is a pack of demons

From hell they took their shape

I’m fiercer than the devil

I’m deadlier than the pox

If spied, my dread ship Queen Anne

Will cause your purses loss

I have a vice, a wee one

It’s sweets, the candy vile

I’ll burn down ports and shipyards

It’s my inconvenient trial

One year in mid-October

I scented in the air

A tang so sweet, so juicy

I simply couldn’t bear

I drove the ship aground

And forced my whining crew

To help me find the culprit

That tantalizing brew

Once found, the form, it shocked me

On edge I was at once

The pot was stirred by a woman

She beamed, her skirts did flounce

“Oh Blackbeard darling, devil

Come try my honey, sweet

I promise that the flavor

Will be very hard to beat

Against my better judgment

I drank the liquid down

Straight way my view went dizzy

And my heart began to pound

“What’s in the sticky substance?”

I choked, my throat I grasped

It stung like scalding fire

I could but wheeze and gasp

The dreadful brew was poisoned

With the bitter sap of asps

My stomach rolled round within me

The lady cried “At last!”

“At last! You dreadful bounder!

Now listen Blackbeard, heed!

Your burning throat is testament

As vengeance for your deeds

So now you’ll die in pain

My plan is going dandy

Who knew your greatest weakness?

Would be a pot of candy!”

What ho, what hey I’m Blackbeard

The terror of the brave

No longer need to fear me

Cause I’m writing from my grave

So heed my sorry tale

And keep your vices handy

So you needn’t go too far

To stock up on your candy

Avoid the Eastern port

That lady had me beat

She’s cunning and she’s vengeful

And she gave me poisoned sweets

My Pirate brothers listen

Whose port is in warmth or ice

Stay far away from Terra

And wisely choose your vice

Yes. I wrote this late at night....and yes it might have been after watching 'Pirates 1' ;)