Loving the Susquahanna - a Story of Edibles

I am going to sea in a blueberry boat That danced in the wind by the lee she did float With vanilla sails and strawberry jib to bend her Her chocolate chine hull held true on this double-ender From starboard to port in a raspberry ocean Her freeboard it romped up and down with commotion The peppermint tiller was sticky to hold My gimbals in irons I chose to be bold! For spring tides it heeled her from stem to stern While her yaw rode frosted waves of pineapple churns She heaved and bellowed singing "Alive-Alive-O!" As her rudder was a fishtail from a mermaid below Over and under the jawbreaker swells Listing like an upside-down candy apple she fell To the bonbon trough she stumbled and waned She crashed like a sugared angel melting in the rain But I was the captain with orders to spew I cried of marshmallows and graham crackers too I could not give up and bend like a mushy banana My heart was determined to sail the 'Susquahanna' Alas she sunk to the deep down under My pocket was her aftermath of all left asunder While I swallowed candy with joyful jiggles She melted away between nibbles and giggles! September 13, 2019 Welcome to my Random World Sponsored by Nina Parmenter