plenty of time

(from a book dated 7/09)

all along the train tracks
the rigging of the schooner was laid
to cover the pollished backs
of the rocks to be offered in trade,

for passage on the silver steamer
to the island of plenty of time
where the roofs of the houses glimmer
and nothing is covered with grime

but when the giant storm cloud came
it was shaped like a witches hat
and its manner was anything but tame
when it turned the rocks to dust and fat
with its lighting bolts of world wide fame
that looked like the claws of a rat.

so when the steamer left the dock
it was given one remaining rock
to take to the island of plenty of time
where the only tool a single dime
would be used to carve it into the shape
of a single non fattening grape.