Sailing under a false flag

We're crossing the IDL

Becalmed where no creature lives

Lost, forsaken, cursed

Holed below the water line

A shift in the plimsoll line

Pumps in the engine room

Women and children first

Hysterical, no humour

Sabotage, a rumour

Captain-less and captionless

Injury, hunger, thirst

Reptile, prehensile, servial, editorial, gentile, fatal