Ship

If your crew are mercenaries,

each out for themselves,

who only follow orders

as long as they get rewards,

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then you'd better hope you continue

to have rewards to give.

Mutiny flares in an instant

when the booty vanishes.

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At the slightest sign of scarce

pickings for such a crew,

their fists will rise in anger

at the captain's blustering orders.

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And as the ship capsizes

with all hands aboard,

the captain sees too late

that greed was his captain always.