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Beachcomber Aroma

We live by the sea, just we two, you and me
It offers us all that we need
From our heads to our toes, you make all of our clothes
From sea grass and sometimes sea weed

If our ocean provides it, you will utilise it
I so like the way that you think
Our clothes made from stuff that you found on the beach
But your feet, well they surely do stink

Those earrings you made from a couple of cockles
That pendant you made from a shell
Your bikini top is a strap and two scallops
But your feet, they surely do smell

I keep us well fed from the sea and sea bed
While you keep us suited and booted
You’re my Wonder Woman it has to be said
But your feet, well they really are putrid

We sit on the shore and we like nothing more
Than watching the waders and dippers
But we can’t stay long, there’s a God-awful pong
For your slippers are made out of kippers

[For the uninitiated, kippers are butterflied, smoked herring.]

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 7/1/2022 3:29:00 AM

Daddy used to say that his father would get those fish and his mother would do something to them and cook them. The way you describe them, well, I just don't know if they were edible or not. Sara

Terry Flood
Date: 7/1/2022 11:55:00 AM

Actually, kippers taste lovely… just a very strong smell. Not like those fermented herrings they have in (I think) Norway though. The reason I avoid them is that they’re full of bones. Terry

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/30/2022 8:30:00 PM

Try black radishes and onions, topped off with schmaltz. You won't even smell the kipper! lol. Terry, your imagination is second to none! Laughter and Levity, Gershon

Terry Flood
Date: 7/1/2022 11:58:00 AM

Thanks, Gershon. Glad you enjoyed, but I think I’ll give your choice of relish a Miss. Terry

Ilene Bauer

Date: 6/30/2022 2:09:00 PM

this is hilarious, terry! my guess is that you had the final line and wrote the whole poem leading up to that - am i right? in any case, it's such a fun read i thank you for posting it!

Terry Flood
Date: 6/30/2022 2:40:00 PM

Your guess would be spot on, Ilene. I had actually jotted some nonsense rhymes in an attempt to find some inspiration and, yes, kippers and slippers appeared on screen. Well, I couldn’t ignore it, could I? Terry

L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/29/2022 7:54:00 PM

This is hilarious, Terry. What more can I say? (still chuckling)

Terry Flood
Date: 6/29/2022 11:53:00 PM

Thanks, Milt. Wasn’t sure that America had ‘kippers’…. Honestly… the things we end up googling. ;-) Terry

Deb M

Date: 6/29/2022 7:46:00 PM

So witty and funny Terry…..it’s returned hasn’t it???? It surely appears that way. Love this poem….Debx

Terry Flood
Date: 6/29/2022 11:51:00 PM

Thanks, Deb. To be honest I was jotting some nonsense down and what might loosely be called ‘an idea’ went in three directions… in effect three poems on one screen… one of those jottings became this. The other two suddenly intermingled, to become one, which I might post later… not sure yet. Gotta check it over a couple off times to see if it still makes me grin. Terry