Pirate Poetry?

despite the hair pulled to a greasy ponytail
the months spent apart once he set sail

despite the eye, covered and patched
the voice that grated, sawed, and scratched

despite the girls with whom she knew he would flirt
the parrot which squawked and shat on his shirt

despite the beer, the rum, and the whiskey
the slur of his speech as he got a bit frisky

despite dirty jokes with masts, cannons, and oars
the drunken encounters with prostitutes and whores

despite the fact that he couldn't always "fire it"
the man that she loved was a damn dirty pirate