Captain Cur - Crossed Swords

I walk among the pirates of the ages
and act on their politics of crime,
I reap the talents of my adventures
and take what is not mine;
behind the curtains of the stages
rehearsing with legends of my kind
their gluttonous improvisations
have raised my crossed swords high.

Captain Cur

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