White Flag

Let the pirates take the ship.
There’s no treasure left in it.
Let them board and sink with it.
There’s no getting off of it.

Pirates are the least of it.
They’re more like the final fit,
Final liveliness in it,
This disintegrating rig.

Let them have some fun in it.
Eat what food remains in it,
Smash it up, get drunk as shit.
Then they can go down with it.