SEA DITTY
Let’s all go binary
beside the seaside, beside the sea
with a two into one
and so it goes on
with a seagull here and a cormorant
there on the breezy prom
where little boys make goalposts
from their jettisoned jumpers
and the brass bands go pom! pom!
marching ad infinitum
with lots of girls besides
by the breaking of the waves
and my tongue in groove struck dumb
for the love of a fishwife
with a fishwife’s tongue
© Ciaran O'Driscoll 2016
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