The Sky Pirates of Antiquity
by Alphaville Herald on 06/12/07 at 11:13 am
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate
Across the sea in Antiquity
Where steam punk engines churn;
The royal navy set about
The task that we shall learn.
To protect the merchants and their ships
And the casual sailor, too;
They searched the sea of Antiquity
For pirates, mighty who
Attack and burn without a word
Or warning cannon shot;
And vanish soon without a trace
‘Cept burning flotsam, hot.
A trap was set to close a net
On the wiley pirates there;
The decoy sat on water that
The wind avoided, where
In the distance the navy sat
And waited patiently;
Scanning horizon far and wide
For any ship at sea.
The sun beat down and all around
Their patience reached a peak;
And just when anchor would be raised,
No more today to seek
The crafty pirates, all at once
A shadow fell from high;
Above the navy’s tallest ships,
Pirates in the sky!
Cannonballs, from heaven fell
And smashed the ships to hell;
And not a cannon fired back
Lest they sink themselves as well.
In the sky, up above
A mighty Airship steamed;
Down came ropes and ladders soaked
In blood of of innocents, gleamed
As up they raised the ammo saved,
Salvaged from the dead;
Who slowly burned as water churned
Around the wreckage, red
With the blood of those who never chose
A burial out at sea;
Yet down they go as the sea swallows
Antiquity’s navy
A burst of steam, the pirates sing
And dance a jig on high;
While widows cry and cast an eye
To the pirates in the sky.
copyright (c) 2007 – Kris Dibou – used by the gracious permission of the author.
Angel
Dec 6th, 2007
Wow, LL pull some stuff that warrants you do some real reporting… and we get this shit?
Blinders Off
Dec 10th, 2007
Angel, people in the world are starving to death on a daily basis.
Aids is the first pandemic to hit the world since the Black Plague and kills millions more than the plague ever did.
Children are dying due to lack of health care. Cancer and heart failure are rising.
Crime and graft and violence are rampant on this earth.
Yet all that going on, and all you do is post a snit about Linden Lab and the SL Herald?
SteamPunk is very much a part of SL and a rising area of interest for many people. As such, it has just as much validity here as anything.
The appreciation of art exists in all times of trouble. If you don’t like poetry, sad for you. If you wanna gripe or fix something, I suggest you get out of SL and fix something that matters.
GreenLantern Excelsior
Dec 11th, 2007
Excellent! Well done!