Inspired by The Big Rock Candy Mountains written by Anonymous located in A Children’s Book of Verse, Illustrated by Eric Kincaid, Poems selected by Marjorie Rogers. (Brimax Books)
In a valley of where the air is sweet as sugar buns and lilac trees are pretty
A little duck named Quirky swimmed in a river of chocolate sipping a little here and there
His friend named William the adorable monkey swung free and far on trees burdened down with candied apples and bananas of sweet alabaster scent eating a banana here or there
Roscoe the furry little white cubbet clung to Emerald’s hand as they walked down paths of paths looking for treasure box of candied coins saying let’s eat some candied nuts
Saphire, Diamond and Magneeta all gold butterflies landed on Black Sebastians’s shoulder whispering secrets to tell Djoubutu and Biliaon the way to a secret cave filled with diamonds, gold, plunder and lamp of wishes
Teeth flashing white Black Sebastian caressed each little head and said here they come tell them yourself all
Preening with feathers fluttering with agitation they whispered to each other yeah we get to talk to her children ain’t they fine!
Djoubutu and Biliaon introduced themselves to Saphire, Diamond and Magneeta kissing a small wing in acceptance of their grace, beauty and knowledge
Giving each other a high-five they boisterously hollered yes pay dirt we are leaving right now to explore explore
Hugging Black Sebastian they left equipped with directional talking guide with the three chattering happily jumping on each shoulder
Following close was Quirky, William and Roscoe saying we are their guardians and we know how to fight fight fight
Listening close the trees swished loudly, sighing content with laughter tickling everyone as they kept saying we are the champions of fine
Emersed in thought Djoubutu and Biliaon traveled long far in foliage of green and candied sweet until an opening appeared with lagoon of bue aqua water waterful of purple cascading free
Climbing up stones of chocolate they laughed as they tasted sweetest taste of each until an opening appeared as lever of free revealed door hidden and walked within
Eyes widening in disbelief they looked at treasure of treasure bounty of bounty and exclaimed what should we do?
Marking coordinates true they returned to Black Sebastian with news of awe and conferred in secret tones of riches riches found to be untold
Arriving home Djoubutu and Biliaon ran and grabbed mom of short stature twirling her around around as words flew out of their mouths as rivers bubbling rich
Awaiting his turn patiently Black Sebastian kissed her long with leisurely rubbing her back with loving strokes as Diamond, Sapphire and Magneeta rubbed against her face with Quirky rubbing his little sweet self on her leg and Willaim and Roscoe holding onto her other leg
After hearing counsel of all Black Sebastian decided on an adventure of a lifetime to include all.
By
Felicia McCaw
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