The Treasure Of The Bountiful

from Dreadnought, Dreadnought by Gumshoes

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/// An infested stowaway is murdered on the cargo deck ///

Shiver me timbers, I can't feel my fingers
For the dagger through my neck
And the last thing I saw was a beetle as it bore
Through the rotting cedar deck
And the throbbing palms of the caught-off guard
Stood the barrel and barred the door
Sized up the jetsam-due empty chest
And the stranger on the floor

Puts up a fight, but his tooth-picking knife
Comes lacerating free
And instead of blood comes a measured flood
Of the bugs escaping me
With flies dispersed and lice up his shirt
The mites begin to feed
I'm scrambled to the chest, locked up and left
As his barnacled tongue bleeds

The Bountiful creaks, the bow wood leaks
We're half a week too late
So dump the chests and turn her west
We'll save their eyes her fate
Overboard, I join the chorus
Of the anchored and the drowned
So come on down, explore the deep sea floor
There's treasure to be found!

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from Dreadnought, Dreadnought, released January 4, 2023

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