Monarch of The Cranberry Bog

A cocoa colored cranberry bog captain
Sailed his berry sea
Hemmed in on all sides by grassy earthen mounds topped with hedges
And one red door, to which only he had a key
Tending his crop of small red and round
Bobbing and bouncing as far as his eye can see

Sometimes
The captain farmer got out of his little boat
Into the water under the bumpy carpet of crimson
Hides until only his eyes show as he lets himself float
And from his low floaty hiding place
The berries seem as large as boulders
An almost impassable terrain
Extending all around
A kingdom for this farmer captain to rule

Sometimes
When this farmer captainking floats so low in the bog
A lightfooted mouse or chipmunk will make it's way across the scenery
Oblivious to their precarious path
Only focused on getting to the other side

Once
A cat chased a mouse through the hedge and into the bog
The mouse daintily moused it's way across the floating fruit
Whereas the cat stepped right through
Disappearing for a moment before bobbing up
It's wet haired head miserably making it's way back to the hedge
Climbing out and disappearing after shaking itself
Water flying away from it like an explosion

Occasionally
A duck would paddle it's way across the bog
Never noticing the sitting regal monarch
Mostly hidden up to his nose and eyes
Brown forehead and black hair bobbing gently
The duck's chest breaking through the crop
A tiny feathered ship's bow on this strange square sea

Times like these
The hidden floating farmer captain king felt at peace
Certain that there was no place else that he would rather be