Work Text:
Porcelain cups of tea clink together
happily, one with a splash of milk and
seven sugars. The pirate with heather
bows in his black beard takes the other’s hand.
Neither is sure how they ended up here,
waves lapping at the side of the fine-grained
ship, stars brightly shining above the clear
ocean. How could feelings like these be feigned?
A silken red handkerchief tucked into
his blue cotton pocket by hands adorned
with a golden ring set with cobalt blue.
Despite all the losses that had been mourned,
They got together to produce a plan
to be a legend and a gentleman.