Book of Scarborians III

Amidst tavern buzz 

Parsley and Sage toasted to

the day of their birth.

Parsley raised his glass cheering,

"Happy birthday to us!"

Sage said, "First round is on you.”

A clink and a splash

of cold Scarborough cider

sprinkled the table.

Sage asked her brother through sips,

"Where do you think she hid it?"

He asked, "Who, mother?

I say she buried our gift

under the castle."

She laughed at that crazy thought,

"I pray you're wrong about that."

Sage rolled out a map

with the itinerary

their mother prepared.

She said, "The castle is marked."

Parsley said, "So are the shores."

R.L.P. Auriga

Long Island, New York