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The Idle Sisters
Contributed by
Stoney1
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Sunday, 4th July 2004 @ 12:03:02 PM in AEST
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The Straits of Madagascar
Are not for the novice sailor
Not Man-of -War, East India Man
Or Nan-tucket Whaler
For, lying silent below the foam
The Idle Sisters wait
On the foolhardy master
Who would gamble his vessel's fate
Lo! Half a hundred ships or more
Have dared this brazen passage
Now most lay strewn across the ocean floor
In testimony to the Sisters' message
A sleek Xebec sails before the wind
Tacking daintily through the narrows
Her Privateer captain, a daring devil
From Cap'n Teach, a trick he borrows
For he knows the price of failure
Should the race they fail to win it
It's a drumhead court before the mast
And a trip to the hangman's gibbet
In hot pursuit, a mighty seventy-four
Hoves swiftly into view
Her blackened gun ports opened wide
As flames from her bow chasers spew
Fluttering atop her main royals
With her sails all a-back
Is the battle flag
Of the haughty Chief of Amorak
The Xebec glides o'er the Sisters
With nary a foot to spare
As her crafty master gives the command
For the little ship to wear
Her slender bow bites deeper waters
Mid the horrified cries astern
The seventy-four, lumbering heavily in irons
Strikes the Sisters, and the waters churn
Ripped from bow to midships
The roiling seas invade
Slowly the waters drag her off the rocks
Pulling her down to a watery grave
The screams of the dying ship
Send chills through the pirate crew
Were it not for the skill of their captain
T'would be their wives and lovers
Filing into the mourners pew
...an unrelenting sea,
and the Sisters silently wait
For the next unwary traveler
To test his skill, or to greet his fate...
Stoney, May 14, 1997
Copyright ©
Stoney1
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2004-07-04 12:03:02]
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Re: The Idle Sisters
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by ladyfawn on
Saturday, 10th July 2004 @ 10:44:03 PM AEST
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excellent, a wonderfully woven tale:) hugs n' love nessa
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Re: The Idle Sisters
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by Essentially9 on
Saturday, 11th September 2004 @ 09:16:01 PM AEST
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| interesting. |
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Re: The Idle Sisters
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by Strawberry on
Sunday, 16th July 2006 @ 12:06:04 PM AEST
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| Very well written. Keep up the great work! |
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