Ship of Fools

Upshots sitting on their butts    
telling us what to do,    
thinking they're important too.    
Moving all around and looking down    
slinging words and chucking stones.    
Standing in a circle    
they just wink and nod    
following each other,    
"We must take action" they say    
"Swing the sword"    
"Cut off their heads".    
But when one walks away...    
it's the same words said    
"Off with his head".   
No one is safe    
on board this...Ship of Fools.