Yo, Ho, Ho And A Bottle Of Starr Rum Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Pirates of the Waters of the coast of Somalia?
That would never fly,
For Johnny Depp is the wrong color.
The skull and cross bones still fly in air,
Disneyworld would have to remake its ride,
Mogadishu is to blame, the war lords, in constant strife,
Blackhawk down,
-who is around,
US bodies were being dragged with so much hype,
To take charge of country,
Maybe Hillary? Maybe Obama, maybe someone.
Somalia is home to pirates, not the swash-buckling type,
Nothing to do with Pittsburgh,
More of the armed type, with sam’s, rpg’s, not any musket type of gun,
Being chased by the heavily armed US Navy,
John Paul Jones would be proud.

It has been awhile since I had entered thoughts on this subject matter,
The thugs have since captured many ships for ransom,
This past week some of them paid with their lives,
Three of them ‘bit the bullet’ literally when Navy Seals got the green,
Three of them went to permanently see and visit the Mad-Hatter.
Captain Richard Phillips was rescued,
He is the captain of the US flagged Maersk-Alabama that had been pirated by the thugs,
This lasted for five days,
The USS Bainbridge came to the aid,
A situation was becoming tense, such as in an hour of a ‘24’ scene’,
A special forces group parachuting into the sea,
From 7,000+ meters,23,000 feet,
The Bainbridge launched a dingy for their recovery,
The Three Seals were just 25-30 meters from the lifeboat,
The Bainbridge had offered to tow the lifeboat to shore,
Which held the three armed thugs and the Capt. Phillips,
When one of them held an AK-47 in the back of Phillips,
The one shot one kill green light was on,
By a standing order from President Obama,
Three Somali pirates lay dead, Somalia they see no more,
Phillips was safe, and he received multiple hugs.
From his crew, from who he protected from further harm.

(4-13-09)