Call Me Ishmael.

Liar! Liar! I surrender
If only I could find a flag white enough
to not be dismembered
Another letter postmarked
"Return to sender"

Self is sinking your ship
I threw you a line
but it gave you a slip
another icy shore
left alone to drip

Your apathy unnerves me
as you plunge to your doom
in the bottom of the sea
another man's chains binding you
while you struggle to be free

Captain Ahab sails past
his quest more noble
whales far more vast
than drowning for attention
floating on a naked mast

We all tried to save you
but lesser pleasures won
Substandard, untrue
Rejected we left you there
as your face turned blue.