Poem: Pirate Days of Yore

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Some pirates are gentlemen 
others are rogues 
still others somewhere 
in between 
brigands and privateers
agents of the queen
muskets and cutlasses
peg legs and eyepatches
the plunder on the open seas 
cannon broadsides
on port and starboard
gone are the days 
riches and glory
three hundred or so years 
too late

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