What a great memory I just had,

Nothing like I usually get, bad,

This one came to me in a dream,

I remember going to high school by boat, 12 miles,

Most folks from the midwest would think it a scream…

I had a 16 foot Starcraft at that particular time,

She wasn’t pretty, but it floated & had a 75 horse,

I left home at about six, and motored to Ocean City,

The inter-coastal water way was my course…

Only one obstacle did stand in my way,

An old train bridge was not open,

I had to wedge my way underneath,

Thankfully the tide was out far enough to fit,

And my windshield did almost get a crack,

Didn’t have to deal with that on the way back…

I docked the boat at the yacht club,

Got a ride in from there with my friends, the Chapmans,

Wish I still had that old boat, as later she sank,

She may have been an old aluminum beast,

But one thing she was never, was a tub…

© ed 8/21/11