X IS FOR XEBEC

Xebec - a small three-masted pirate ship. Maybe in my former life I sailed on a xebec. My name could have been Alicia. Maybe I wore a ragged red shirt and tattered black pants. My boots would have been scratched from dropping my blade, which would be blood stained from cutting myself when picking it up off the deck. Maybe my hair would have been long, matted and dirty. Lice would have crawled through my locks. Thank goodness there were no bras on pirate ships. I could have cussed like a real pirate and ripped meat off the bone with my front teeth. The stars would be visible through the cracks beside my bunk and I would have looked up at them before dreaming of seas yet to be sailed.