Captain Morgan held fast to the rigging
as the ship keeled sickeningly to port
before finally, exasperatingly, righting itself.
He snapped,
“I told you we needed to wait another day
before Rounding the Horn!
This storm’ll be the death of us!
The ship’ll be dashed
into a thousand pieces!”
Captain Crunch, also holding fast,
narrowed his eyes and growled through
the tiny gap between
his gritted teeth,
“She’ll hold up, just you wait and see.”
copyright © 2021 Dave Williams
Two of my favorite Captain’s!
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Yes!
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You just made my morning! Captain Crunch indeed!
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Glad that the story had that effect 🙂
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Whoa! I like this. A mash-up of two famous captains. I think Captain Morgan would win in a fight, though.
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I agree about the fight — unless Captain Morgan was drunk 🙂
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Some big names on that boat. 🙂
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Indeed!
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