The poetry, stories and intrigues of C.J. Brenner

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Bobby a Mackerel Hunter who wore Red

There once was a boy who liked to be called Bob.  Bob was tall and assured and he really liked to fish.  In fact his favorite fish was Mackerel.  Bobby bought a nice thirty foot schooner and he liked to dance on its bow.  It was a nice boat but not the nicest in the king's Fleet.  The Fleet was thirty nine years old and smelled like pine cones.  Bobby's boat smelled like tin candy that was left on the Mayflower for the children never to eat ever ever ever.  Tin candy is candy that is made out of tin to be displayed in store front windows for display only.  Bobby liked to eat candy but only if it was Red and Blue and Silver.  He owned a fleet of smaller schooners that he gave to his son, daughter and even his pet dog, Ralph.  Ralph was the nicest of all the dogs ever and he smelled like butterscotch and tanglewood sundaes.  Ralph enjoyed good health but was really just another dog that did not like to eat the grass in the baseball infield in the Cleveland Stadium.   Ralph played in Cleveland whenever he wanted to get out of the dog house, but he really just wanted to stay home and read novels about piglets and ham.   I think that Ralph was a fun dog, but Bobby just did not keep him on a really tight leash.  So if you and Bobby meet in life, ask him why he only wore big red gum insignia shirts every day of his life.  It was neat the first day I met him, but what about Juicy Fruit and Trident.  Surely he might want another shirt that shows off another gum nation?  But that's ok, Bobby hardly dines in my soul and I just don't enjoy smelling his daffodil collection.  Its a beautiful flower but it doesn't look good next to Bobby's boat the Daffodil Eating Express that he likes to use to fish for his mackerel.  So Bobby, you are neat and your family makes me smile halfway in life.  But don't run the gauntlet because you are just not really strong at any length.  Good luck.  Bye.

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