Mermaids Birthing Choices

Mermaids and Mermen are given a choice you see
Whether to lay eggs or have a live birth in the sea.
Each one makes her wishes known in a dream.
It is promptly granted by the Mermaid Wishing team.

Some choose laying eggs, for it gives more chances.
Many mermaid babies will hatch southern sea wind dances.
Others choose a live birth, but it limits them to two.
You will want to choose this if you only want to raise a few.

Mermaid twins and triplets are raised in incubators in the deep.
They are implanted via a uterine vial that you will want to keep.
There are other ways too, since mermaids are magical and kind.
If I share all mermaid birthing secrets though, they will wipe my mind.
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Hankins Avatar
May 16, 2022 at 8:46 AM
Okay, I have no idea how to comment on this one, Caren. I'll just take your word for it.
Hankins Avatar
May 16, 2022 at 1:39 PM
Well, looks like you nailed it.
Krutsinger Avatar
May 16, 2022 at 12:10 PM
This was for a contest - they were very specifiic about what they needed. Mermaids - live birth or eggs? And in poetic form that rhymed.
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