an ode to small boats

[Jim_ME]

Ode to Small Boats


A Smallish boat
 That you Sail Far
   Drop the hook
      And there you are
Lower the jib
And furl the Main
With modest size
It's not a pain

Or not as small
We don't much care
Or not as far
Do what you dare
Only cruise
What you can bear
Your good small boat
Will get you there

But not too BIG!
You disagree?
I'll save my breath
Except to say...
A too-big boat
Is worse than death
Worse than dying
A horrible painful way
woe to those so led astray
A curse cannot be cast away
There's no denying
Oh you will pay
And pay and pay
And rue the day!
(Other than this
They are okay)

Lest you be a King
A Duke or Queen
Madame DeFarge
No one needs
A Royal Barge
A sad Har-barger
(Of things to come)
Know what I mean?
Once ashore
You find the sights
You've seen
Are just as large
Maybe larger.

So here's to those
Who small boats sail!
In happiness
You will not fail
And don't forget
There's less
To bail.

[Tim]

Dang! A grog for our Poet laureate  8)

[Jim_ME]

Thanks, Tim, and to you!  :)

[CharlieJ]

Dang! A grog for our Poet laureate  8)

I'll drink to that, and add a Grog

[Jim_ME]

And grog to you, Charlie.  :)

[Captain Smollett]

And another grog...that's really awesome, Jim.  Very cool.

[Jim_ME]

Grog back, and thank you, John.  :)