The Mutinous Fool

soulless patch o’er socket
his trusty parrot on shoulder
red and green molting hues falling
a dead shot hole, smoking
perp impaled by the pirate’s hook

5/16/2019
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Krutsinger Avatar
May 21, 2019 at 2:27 PM
I wish it was for a contest, and if there was a gold trophy, you would be carrying it home in your backpack full of books.
Rodrigues Avatar
May 21, 2019 at 3:28 PM
Thanks, dear Poet! :)
Dietrich Avatar
May 19, 2019 at 6:35 PM
Sounds like a pirate terror story! Love the description of the parrot!
Rodrigues Avatar
May 20, 2019 at 12:16 PM
Thank you, Andrea! Hugs...Kim
Wolf Avatar
May 19, 2019 at 4:51 PM
The image you've painted just leap off of the page at me, your reader. I can just picture this 'mutinous fool.' Perfectly penned, Kim! :) gw
Rodrigues Avatar
May 20, 2019 at 12:16 PM
Thanks...your words too leap and make me smile :)
Faulkner Avatar
May 18, 2019 at 7:23 PM
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life .. NOT for me:)
Rodrigues Avatar
May 20, 2019 at 12:17 PM
Thanks :)
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
May 18, 2019 at 8:39 AM
Again, your words incites an envied picture Kim, Aloha wk
Rodrigues Avatar
May 20, 2019 at 12:17 PM
Thank you, William!
Allison Avatar
May 18, 2019 at 8:08 AM
love the imagery here Kim guess hes down in Davy Jones locker lol:-) hugs Jan xx
Rodrigues Avatar
May 18, 2019 at 8:26 AM
Thank you, sweet Jan! Hugs...Kim
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