Because I'm a pirate and love all things of such kind...
Oh, the blithery, blathery pirate
(His name, I believe, is Claude),
His manner is sullen and irate,
And his humor is vulgar and broad.
He has often been known to imprison
His friends in the hold dark and dank,
Or lash them up high on the mizzen,
Or force them to stroll down a plank.
He will selfishly ask you to dig up
Some barrels of ill-gotten gold,
And if you so much as just higgup,
He'll leave youto fill up the hole.
He may cast you adrift in a rowboat
(He has no reaction to tears)
Or put you ashore with NO boat
On an island and leave you for years.
He's a rotter, a wretch and a sinner,
He's foul as a fellow can be,
But if you invite hime to dinner,
Oh, please sit him next to me!
- Shel Silverstein
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