let's go boating

everyone over drank
in the hot sun,
got sick eating raw fish
and oysters.
there was wind rocking
the boat,
waves.
the whole world was moving
side to side.
then it started to rain
and got cold.
the captain picked up
the anchor and headed home.
we all huddled up
in the cabin
and shivered in our
wet summer
clothes. we talked about how
we would have killed
ourselves if we
had been on the mayflower.
someone said I hate boats
and fish, staring
into the cooler where a large
flounder
flopped around.
someone else said
me too, never again,
then we ran up the steps
to get sick
once more over the side.