The Narrow Squeak Show Chapter 4
Now, I have been thinking
I have had a few scrapes..........
Ticked a few chaps off
Ships sinking
Harmless japes!
Am I getting soft?
The pirate chaps were great!
Landed me ashore,
with sacks full of pieces of eight
So, not all a waste!
Although they departed in indecent haste!
It all came to a head
Was it something I said?
That lava underground..........
Huge canyon in the pavement
The local council
Totally unsound!
I came through it all
Not once did i fall!
Well,it's time for a shower
and a bite to eat.
It's getting late,
and my pockets are heavy
with all the pieces of eight!
Why is it pieces of eight?
Why not pieces of three?
That stumped you ,I see!
Is it me?
or is it me?
I see a fine hotel,
rang the bell
Gave the door man a tip
That scraggy piece of carpet,
caused me to trip!
I was ok, just stubbed toes!
The other chap.............
Had a bloody nose!
I gave him a piece of eight
(is it me?) for his trouble
to buy himself dinner
What a winner!
He was now my mate!
Now, I was thinking
All I have been told.........
By those bloody pirates!
That it was cursed gold!
Well, I will put it to the test I says
I heaved a sack with all my might
and bought a ticket on a space shuttle flight
It leaves in three days!
I have never felt so alive!
Excited too!
I can complete chapter five
A first class cabin no less!
I am looking foward to it
I must confess
Copyright © Matthew Brackley | Year Posted 2006
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