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Bread and Butter Boat

An engineer designed ingenious boat Bread and butter he constructed with Believing it the best for long journeys Both food store and water-car it was Passengers clambered and fought hard As seats were very few and time limited It was amazing to use bread- butter boat The unborn, young, old craved to use it Yet all who rode it went not for journey It was a feast journey of merry making The sides, bottom and engines were eaten Holes developed wide and the boat sank Passengers could not learn from the tragedy Those who swam to safety still fought back

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