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The Things I Want

 

Shiver me. I used to—no, I still do—
love pirates

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The kerchief and gold hoop earring,
bang and flash

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of the cannon. It is a pose
I suppose, an

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ear for shanties, a sip of rum
to leech because

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piracy goes on and on like the
sea. Don’t wave

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goodbye to the waves. We need to ride
that ship with

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bones and skull, the smile in my most
desperate

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sleep. No, I have never met one and
doubt I ever

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will nor pirate anything myself.
The things I

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want are tropes.

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