Thursday, November 5, 2020

The Heron and the Horseshoe Crab (with apologies to Edward Lear)

The Heron and the Horseshoe Crab went to sea in a boat painted peach.

Behind them they saw 20,000 or more sex-starved crabs making love on the beach.

Making love on the beach, the beach, -- all those crabs making love on the beach!


Though she yearned for romance, the Crab saw at a glance t'was not to be found on this beach.

It was then that she heard the kind voice of the Bird:  "My boat, ma'am, is in easy reach."

Easy reach, easy reach!  His boat was in easy reach!


They sailed far beyond the world that they knew while the Moon smiled serenely above.

They dined on a fish, on its bone made this wish: To discover the secret of Love.

Of Love, of Love, -- to discover the secret of Love.


The Heron told all the bad jokes that he knew, and the Crab chuckled, "Oh, my dear!"

Then they sang a duet -- an ancient motet -- which the stars bent down lower to hear.

To hear, to hear, -- the starts bent down lower to hear.


With the greatest delight they drifted all night till they moored in a tropic lagoon.

There they swam to the trees where kissed by the breeze, they danced by the light of the Moon.

The Moon, the Moon, -- they danced by the light of the moon.

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