Ceasefire

The body has been punished now
For threatening to kill itself
With its own home-grown buccaneers.

The buccaneers have been routed,
Maybe, for now. They’ve certainly
Been hacked, shot, poisoned, and slaughtered,

Which of course entailed lots of deaths
Of bystanders in friendly fire.
Survivors may recover now,

Although the seascape of the guts
And ports of internal organs
Remain inflamed and charred ruins.

It’ll be mostly peaceful now,
If the body behaves itself.