A Beau For Brenda
Birthing a bio-novel, Brenda
writes with a buoyant agenda -
basing her book on Bart Barbour,
the best boatman in Boston’s Harbor.
He’s big, brave and belligerent
and like her dad, an immigrant.
Her bridegroom's a pirate, she boasts,
born and bred on the Barbary Coasts.
Busted for slave trading, bright Bart
broke free and built a fine fish mart.
Brenda bares her heart for display
at his fishery on Boston Bay.
She brags on becoming his bride;
believable, but not bona fide.
Write on, Brenda, define your beau;
my bet - you’ll beguile a real hero.
written Sept. 28, 2016
Copyright © Reason A. Poteet | Year Posted 2016
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