To Arms!

Would-be mutineers

It
is
a long ways
from home
and we are
hot,
tired,
ready for a change-
ready for something,
anything; ready for
the
boss
to take
us home!
We want to take over
And plot our way home -
Just anything to get there.
Put the captain in the brig!
Set course for home, men!
But then what would we
do when we got there?
I don't want to hang -
Better just wait 'til
We get home.
It was a
thought.

Line Count: 26
Word Count 78
Written for Writer's Cramp

prompt ▶︎

April 28th, 1789, was the date of the actual, historical mutiny on the Bounty, which has inspired, directly or indirectly, plenty of literary treatments.

Write a poem or story about a mutiny on some sort of ship. Could be an 18th century sailing ship, as in the historical case, or a starship, or Charon's psychopompic ferry, etc. Be creative!