a/n: written for a prompt from the Black Pearl forum.
Is his next challenge a truly impossible one?
I own no aspect of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Set after the end of OST, contains references to all 4 movies. The point of view this is from should become clear at the end:-)
Propitious
Propitious conditions
Pertaining to pirates;
Felicitous, favourable
Fortunes of war.
Fortuitous features
For sea-faring felons;
Auspicious events
Which can alter the score.
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First, a fair wind
And upon the horizon,
A merchant ship, laden
With silver and gold.
A buccaneer crew
With a taste for adventure;
Good food in the galley
And rum in the hold.
Tropical beaches,
No cannibal islanders;
Fathomless, krakenless
Deep rolling seas.
Harbours containing
No mermaiden sirens,
And dogs who will always
Hand over the keys.
The seven seas free
From a debt to The Dutchman,
East India Company's
Maelstrom defeat.
Successful removal from
Davy Jones' locker;
An Aztec curse lifted,
Instructions complete.
Odious shipping lord
Meeting his maker,
Ex naval Commodore
Proving his worth,
Barnacled pirate
And blacksmith united,
Blackbeard removed
From the face of the Earth.
Governor's daughter
Released from her corsets,
Wily old sea-dog
With skeleton crew.
One-eyed philosopher,
Reading the bible,
Magical compass
Which always points true.
Goddess released
From long years of confinement,
Ancient, incalculable
Forces let loose.
Kohl-eyed and dreadlocked,
Sea-smitten adventurer;
One step ahead
Of the sword and the noose.
~0~
He sits, sipping rum,
In an overlooked corner
And smiles at his fanciful
Thoughts of the past.
He rises unsteadily,
Winks at the barmaid,
And knows it is time
That he acted at last.
His crew, and his pearl
Of a ship, in a bottle;
Retrieval appears
An impossible dream,
But looking back now
At his many adventures,
Defeating impossible odds
Is the theme.
~0~
So, out of the tavern,
And back to his lodgings;
He ponders precisely
What items he'll need.
He spots a fine trumpet
Displayed in a window,
And wiggles his fingers;
Propitious indeed!
~0~
End
