One
I shared a chocolate bar with you
And kept the wrapper in my overcoat pocket
As a memento
So why do I call myself
Nelly the Pirate
When I am really a cross-breed dog
Two
I found Nelly the Pirate
Weeping
In a field of wheat
She could feel the waves
But could not swim
Three
Nelly the Pirate
Has a Hokusai print
Titled
The Great Wave off of the Coast of Kanagawa
On her wall
It is the only print she owns
As she detests surfing