42opus
is an online magazine of the literary arts.
11 March 2008 | Vol. 8, No. 1
pirate
in maiz, in maiz, gentle, ease
y with the cutlass easy maiz,
steady with the cutlass gentle
boarding axe, plank by plank
up to the rigging lines, little
grog at the rigging lines after
maiz in, cutlass to cutlass
gentle blunderbuss nail shot,
easy grog in the gentle wound,
steady grog to the wound
maiz later with meatpie
and later the gentle rigging
line tale over meatpie and maiz
About the author:
Michael S. Rerick lives and schools in Cincinnati. Poems are forthcoming at Greatcoat and Words on Walls.
Source:
http://42opus.com/v8n1/pirate



