A Day on the Vantuna
By Althea Anita Banda
18 January 1994
So peaceful a day
I looked across the ocean
And saw blue, green colors
Some ships… big ones and small ones
And some birds too.
A little sea-sick I was
But none-the-less,
I felt at ease with myself.
A sea urchin!
Oh my!
What a prickly round thing
Shell fish! And so colorful too.
How amazing that so much creatures
Abide below the surface of the earth.
Hmmmm… I’m feeling nauseous
Have to go to the front of the boat.
Whale! Whale! Whale!
Somebody shouts.
Oh, I must go see
Back to the rear of the boat
And up the stairs.
There! There! There one jumps
Now there’s two
Such magnificent mammals
And oh, how huge.
Oh no! I need to go
Down the stairs again
Quick… Need to run
A cough… A choke… and into the sea.
That feels so much better now
No more food in my tummy.
Aaaah, wonderful.
Now I can enjoy my adventure
On the Vantuna again