We built a boat,
My friend and me
So we could sail
Across the sea.
We made the sides
From old scrap wood
That we tied up
With rope, real good.
The bottom made
From chicken wire,
Our anchor was
An old spare tire.
Well you can guess
How far we got…
The anchor floated,
The boat did not!


Wayne Edwards is a native Texan, graduate of Texas A&M University, and retired Air Force officer. He lives, with his wife Ruth, on a fish farm in Texas, in an underground house he built himself. Wayne can be reached via e-mail at 
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