me respects are rightly payed to the likes of Long John Silver the bastard king of pirates as revealed from within the tome Treasure Island authored by the lykes of Stevenson,robert louis, thet pacific roamin scalywag thet led Jack London to distraction and evolution…ambrose…
OL’ BEN GUN RODE A MAT an ad the playce to’ im self…
as to prose
under yer nose
ol ben Gunn knows
an to he thet knows
the outsyde sets goes
mebe tomorrow…
the south swell grows
like fern shedin’spore
on waves we shall bee
as if its onshore
skippin and sledin’with glee.
though the tune would be sweeter to share a mat wave withe thee…
…and appologies to sir francis bacon , just in case.