Scherezad

"They knew the risks!" the Capsule-Captains' cry,
"They knew what they were coming to!" he says as crewmen die.
"They knew that I would wield the gun, they knew I'd swing the sword,
They knew that there was danger!" as his crewmen come aboard.

Their bodies float among the stars, their corpse-blood on the hull,
"They knew!" the Capsule-Captain said when his bloody work was done.
No words could sway the clones' hard heart, he knew that he was right,
The death and blood were side-effects, not products of the fight.

These words bring absolution, they seem so rightly-made,
Made just for Capsule-Captains to send crews off to their graves.
For killing kin is easy work, but holding blame is tough,
Best let the crewmen do that job, they're best-made for that stuff.