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.
For further reading:
See the complete list of work by Michael S. Rerick at 42opus. Browse the contents of 42opus Vol. 8, No. 1, where "pirate" ran on March 11, 2008. List other work with these same labels: poetry.
