a/n: no aspect of Pirates of the Caribbean belongs to me.

contains references to "At Worlds End"

(Flannelette...the cold doesn't bother her anyway)

After a three year plot freeze...events move on.


The Adventures of Flannelette the Pirate Maiden: chapter 52


It's a chill wind...

It's cold.

It's really very cold

Upon

The frozen deck.

Their icy voyage appears to have no end.

And Flannelette still generates

A warm and sunny glow;

Much warmer than her erstwhile dearest friend.

~0~

And Lizzie Swann,

That erstwhile friend,

Stomps up and down

The ship,

In blacksmith's borrowed boots and woollen wrap;

Determined not to move too close

To Flannelette for warmth,

Whilst hapless crewmens' deadened digits snap.

~0~

Dear Flannelette

Takes heed

Of fallen flesh,

And vows to act,

And utilise her medical degrees;

(From Harvard, Yale and Oxford;

Only female, top of class);

Restoring missing finger ends with ease.

~0~

Will Turner

Idly keeps a note

Of icebergs

Floating past;

Absorbed by secrets held, another scheme.

He loves his Lizzie Swann, of course

And as for Flannelette...

No crime to gaze at raven hair, and dream...

~0~

Barbossa,

Tall in feathered hat

Regards

The frosted crew

And watches stiff ice-laden sails unfurl.

No doubt about his motives on this trip

To rescue Jack;

He's missed his matchless, damned elusive Pearl.

~0~

A flash!

A green and eerie flash!

The far horizon

Glows.

An icy sweat marks every icy brow.

Another soul lost far at sea, the sea has claimed her own;

What devilment pursues the party now?

~0~


Will things warm up soon?