merlion, n.
A mythical creature with the head and trunk of a lion and the tail of a fish, regarded as the protector of Singapore.
Breezily swam about schoolgirls three,
Leopard Seal, Sea Lion and Catfish.
Warily Merlion tapped their sea,
Hope in her heart, and a goodwill wish:
``I am no foe --
I shall make us four.
My stern is roe
And bow is roar."
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More beasts:
octothorp, discalceate, oology,
xoloitzcuintli, biga, alectryomancy,
neddy, adhocracy, philotherian
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More beasts:
octothorp, discalceate, oology,
xoloitzcuintli, biga, alectryomancy,
neddy, adhocracy, philotherian
4 comments:
03 > 02 > 01 and I was going to say, you numbered them wrong. Your craftiness is growing exponentially here.
I love this because the first four lines are like climbing up a hill while the last four are like rolling down a mountain. If I owned a gym, I would print this poem out and hang it everywhere.
:)
Why is the merlion a she?
Flea
Flea,
This one can lay roe.
Marlin
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