Beside the Seaside
Mudskippers: day-trippers,
Walking out along the beach
And paddling in the foam.
Mudskippers: toe-dippers,
See how far they dare to reach
From out their briny home.
They love to breathe the ozone airs,
And dig their castles in the sand –
Between the waves and folding chairs,
They comb their shingled land.
Mudskippers: tide-rippers,
Love to surf the wash and breakers,
But a wipe-out leaves them drowned.
Mudskippers: land-shippers,
Masters of their seafront acres:
Beached, but never run aground.
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