Mutiny

Sunrise, sailor’s warning
Aorta said one morning,
“I don't love you anymore.”
Her tone was sharp, then flat
A well-trained acrobat
One flip, and not a beat more.

Captain steered as pipes sung
A chant came from the Lungs,
“Freedom now; we will prevail!”
Shell-shocked, seasick, shut in
Locked tight, this cage of ribs
You won't get far on empty sails.

"I wish that I was blind,"
First-mate Right Eye lied,
"I've seen too much, what's left?"
Future fading, cloudy past
The world blinks too fast
I'd hate to see what's next.

Unseen, a serpent slithered
Below deck, a hiss from Liver,
“I suffer while you savor…”
She's softly spitting bile
This paradise tastes vile
She'll soon return the favor.

The ship's bowels thundered
Bemused Appendix wondered,
"Please tell me who I am?"
Am I wrong or right?
Purpose out of sight
Meek well or bursting dam.

As evening light wore thin
So sweetly whispered Skin,
“I invited in my friend.”
He plays a strange new game
A house with roof in flames
His every need, she'll tend.

Captain Hale,

adj. sound in body; vigorous and healthy

ill-fated
When sly Brain calculated,
“I think, therefore I'm king!”
With lightening feet, hot head
“Now bow for me,” he said
Or else he won’t do anything.

A crew led by the blind
They chorused combined,
“Kidney, join our jubilee!”
The timbers shivered
A whole ship in slivers
Successful mutiny.

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