SIRENS, SEA GULLS, MERMAIDS, AND OTHER DIVINTIES
Sea girls with whole human bodies,
Mermaids, human bodies above,
Fish bodies below, sing songs
That interrupt commerce,
Stop ships with cargoes,
Sing songs that excite sailors
To seek happiness
Rather than serve to make a profit
For some far-away, anonymous libertine.
So the few who control
The attitudes of the many
Label sea girls and mermaids,
Monsters.
Duane Locke
Posted over on Badosa
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