The Tale of Catbeard

Twas a stormy night and the moon was full,

When sailed the Amarisse Sun.

At the helm was the feared,

Dreaded Cap?n Catbeard

And his pirates, mean to the one.

They were off on a quest of malevolent bent,

As they often were wont to do,

For their hearts were as cold

As the witches? of old,

But their intrigues maliciously new;

All led by the feared,

Dreaded Cap?n Catbeard

And his pirates, mean to the one.

Cap?n Catbeard was hearty and hale and was found

To be craved by the fairer sex;

They would stand on the docks

Or wave scarves from the rocks

To his menacing form on the deck?

For both wanted and feared

Was this Cap?n Catbeard

And his pirates, mean to the one.

His pirates were loyal and true to the death

Their honor to serve only him;

They knew that whatever their mission this night

There?d be danger, and hearts would be grim.

Yet they followed the feared,

Dreaded Cap?n Catbeard,

These pirates, mean to the one.

So they sailed off at midnight, the damsels behind

And Catbeard kept watch at the bridge

A map lit by lantern and tattered with age

Pored over by First Matey Widge.

Who followed and feared,

Dreaded Cap?n Catbeard,

With his pirates, mean to the one.

?Yo, Cap?n,? growled Widgett, his voice gruff from years

Of hard work and hard life and rum,

?This chart shows a course towards the Island of Clutch,

Do ye think he will know that we come??

And slow turned the feared,

Dreaded Cap?n Catbeard

To his pirates, mean to the one.

And with sinister glee, he said, ?Aye, that may be,

For he?s taken what?s rightfully mine.

And do well should he now to prepare him somehow

For I?ll spare none that crosses that line.?

Thus spaketh the feared,

Dreaded Cap?n Catbeard

To the pirates, mean to the one.

Now with terror not frequently found in their eyes,

Turned the pirates to Widgett with gloom,

For only one thing could make Catbeard so speak,

And if She were involved, there?d be doom.

Yes, the only one feared

By the dreaded Catbeard,

Was the Piratess, Amarisse Sun.

Copyright (c) 2002 by Sunny Simmons
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