A Fisherman's Tale
Once an old man from Altoona,
Decided to fish for some tuna.
His fortune was made,
When he caught a mermaid,
But he sighed, "How I wish it was soona!"
"If only I'd been a young buck,
When I had such marvelous luck,
I'd have made her my bride,
And kept her inside
A tank that I'd build on my truck!"
"But now that I'm grizzled and gray,
I guess in the ocean she'll stay.
I will, of course,
Sit and discourse,
On the trophy I cannot display!"
Written by my wife Vera Selena Hinshaw
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Copyright © Robert L. Hinshaw | Year Posted 2010
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