See What Sun Bathing Gets You
As the sun baked the bathers
No one thought to observe the sea
For out in the distance came
A monster from beneath.
With stealth, developed for water
It approached the waiting shore.
Before the bathers knew it
They were, just no more.
The monster had escaped the ocean
Now, it had no bounds.
It was enticed by all the differences
As it heard all the new sounds.
It wandered from the beach now
With intentions, just to eat
The monster had no feelings
As it walked now on its feet.
It went on chasing people
To catch them and consume
The people ran in horror
As they faced impending doom.
The monster, now, it tired;
Bored with its new sport
It turned and changed direction
And went back then to the port.
For there among the boats
Were people, more, to eat.
But the monster kept on going,
He now had tired feet.
For never really walking
The monster tired fast
He went back in the water
Where the pain then wouldn’t last.
He wadded in the water
In shallow depths near shore
The beach dwellers had smartened, though,
And baked themselves no more.
Copyright © Michael Degenhardt | Year Posted 2009
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