If I Were a Pirate, I’d Steal Thy Heart

 

If I were a pirate, I’d steal thy heart,
For something must a pirate steal, matey.
Ah, talking this way is not such a start.
No, no, we must discourse matters weighty,
Such as how to get representation
Of damsels fair of form in pirate crews
And thus to improve the pirate nation.
No people stands for long without it woos.
And men alone get up to deviltry
When left to their devices comical,
They turn their hands to outright ribaldry
And vile pursuits far more inimical.
Left are we to mull over thy beauty
And how that begets thy solemn duty.

It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day once more, a foolish bit of frippery. What better way to address one bit of foolishness than with another? Are you a participant in this ersatz holiday?

Besides that, few have signed up for group writing this month, on what I consider a wonderful cue for writing. If you don’t want to hear more of this, go sign up. Only you can stop me!

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  1. Arahant Member
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    Zafar (View Comment):

    Go gay pirates!!

    Matelotage and all. Yep. Those Caribbean pirates were as up-to-date as Kansas City.

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  2. Hank Rhody, Freelance Philosopher Contributor
    Hank Rhody, Freelance Philosopher
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    Zafar (View Comment):

    Go gay pirates!!

    Matelotage and all. Yep. Those Caribbean pirates were as up-to-date as Kansas City.

    And that joke is just about as far as you can go within the CoC. 

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  3. Stad Coolidge
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    Zafar (View Comment):

    Go gay pirates!!

    Are they called “Swishbucklers”?  Just asking . . .

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