I Wish I Was - a series of poems by Rob Lamb & the Gumtree Press

I Wish I Was in the Horse Latitudes


I wish I was in the horse latitudes
with solar sails on my brigantine -
cruising with my crew of bad buccaneers!
colours nailed to the mast, jolly roger flying - 
as we wait. The wait! 
for the Tricolour - the Jack - the Stars and Stripes!
to become becalmed
and beat their doldrums!
- and they would stare
in fear and wonder
at our solar sails
as we prepare
to bear 
down on them
and do some righteous pirate damage!