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The Mermaids

Sailors from a sinking ship not one shall survive For mermaids grasp them by the hips and to the bottom dive. Both young and old sailors gasp and drown into the deep. The ocean is a sea of tears in dying they weep. So beautiful the mermaids are with faces young red lips and slender necks were strings of pearls hung. Their hair is long and flowing in every hue a man could desire their eyes are deep and dreamy set one's heart afire Their breast are full and perky every red blooded boy would peek their skin smooth their hands soft make the strongest man weak But below the waist a fish tail large and ever strong powerful in the mermaids grasp, no escape forever you belong She is fast is the Marlin swims with a shark's bite and the death of drowning sailors brings her an odd delight. So beware ye mates and sail on never listen to the sirens song for if you sail to close to the rocky sea coast your ship and life be gone The mermaid such seductive beauty, tempts a lonely man at sea but she is the devil fish, your life and soul a pearl on her necklace to bead.

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Date: 9/17/2023 1:58:00 PM
Sailors were told to pay attention to detail and 'don't be distracted by Circe thoughts' :D It sounds delightful that the female divinity appear, but on the cotrare. The devil fish instincts same as Marlin. An allegorical and frightening verse-great for the coming Halloween-spirited!
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Date: 9/17/2023 12:52:00 PM
This is a great point of view poem of mermaids that I didn't know was part of their work. Very creative, indeed!
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Fritz Purdum
Date: 9/17/2023 1:35:00 PM
Thank you, Disney makes everything cute or used to.

Book: Shattered Sighs