Short Breaststroke Poems

there once was a sly swimmer bloke
whose manners were sure to provoke
	his form was unique
	a brand new technique
he mastered the women’s breaststroke...

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A fellow who lost his titmouse*
Met a lass in a see-through blouse
It is hard to believe
But it seems her left sleeve
Was the safest place in the house!

*Baeolophus bicolour...

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I want to
swan dive in, trajectory perfect
landing right in your center
I want to 
go deep into your depths
before I resurface
I want to
trudgen  through your mind
backstroke through you spirit
breaststroke through your soul
butterfly through your fantasies
I want to
get wet...

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I never learned the proper way
To swim, and so my form 
(With head above the water)
Is quite different from the norm.

I don't enjoy it anyway
And rarely hit a pool,
Preferring other exercise
And A/C to keep cool.

But watching the Olympians 
Torpedo in their lanes
Makes me marvel at such effort
Which both awes and entertains.

Every sport has its attractions
Yet each breaststroke somehow brings
All observers (me included)
Right into the swim of things....

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