HANNAH’S BANANA BOAT

We stopped for lunch at The Banana Boat

Next door to some boaters

Near the Florida shore

Now Hannah
Has a banana boat in mind 

For when she turns four

In her mind 
It’s not a toy

but big enough

"For all of us to ride on”

Shaped like a banana, it's real

With a flag and a triangle sail

A rainbow concoction

“With all the colors in it”

And somehow
Through her three-year-old eyes
She is able to see beyond rides

And wonders

“How would we take it out of the water?

And take it home?”

I suggest we gather
In her boat together
For some sailing fun
Every color and sailor

And when done
Build that banana boat

A trailer.

Dennis R. Keefe

July 2, 2003
December 21, 2014