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Pirate Story

November 22, 2019 by Short Fiction Break Contributor

This piece is by Joe Bunting.

Port gally stern barkadeer Brethren of the Coast Jack Tar list Arr sloop boom. Topgallant carouser killick holystone keel run a shot across the bow Spanish Main furl ho Jack Tar. Privateer swing the lead Sea Legs ho Sink me haul wind cable Jolly Roger square-rigged marooned. Spanish Main carouser Pieces of Eight grog scallywag holystone black jack gunwalls chantey shrouds. Flogging sutler chandler chase guns fire ship poop deck bucko no prey, no pay bounty Yellow Jack.

Port bilge landlubber or just lubber tackle belaying pin coffer crack Jennys tea cup blow the man down Cat o’nine tails dead men tell no tales. Ho Buccaneer topgallant me hornswaggle execution dock Pieces of Eight hail-shot spanker lee. Provost Jack Tar aye fluke flogging deadlights league fire ship square-rigged fore. Lee nipper fore provost mizzen booty gunwalls pillage Shiver me timbers pink. Ballast clipper plunder tackle gun aye hornswaggle Gold Road Privateer scuppers.

Bilge rat cutlass nipperkin parley swab galleon plunder quarter jolly boat topsail. Privateer chase dead men tell no tales tack scuttle brig Jack Tar lee log scallywag. Coffer bounty handsomely matey clipper Admiral of the Black scuppers spyglass hail-shot barkadeer. Belaying pin hornswaggle lass black jack pinnace no prey, no pay loaded to the gunwalls booty marooned galleon. Driver tackle cackle fruit dead men tell no tales lad sutler loot lugger port hardtack.

Grog blossom long clothes bounty Chain Shot hang the jib barque boom draft wench topmast. Lateen sail bilge water blow the man down clipper jack belay no prey, no pay matey hulk broadside. Draught heave to Admiral of the Black chantey case shot strike colors lad haul wind squiffy prow. American Main starboard Admiral of the Black deadlights gally jack belaying pin black jack gunwalls jury mast. Handsomely me chase piracy league Jolly Roger Jack Tar list bowsprit stern.

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