shore beast

[fledgist]

on water's edge there lurks an angry crab

you don't suspect he's there ready to pounce

and when you least expect your feet he'll grab

 

you thought yourself safe on the hard stone slab

so many ills you're eager to denounce

on water's edge there lurks an angry crab

 

ready to catch you to snap and to jab

his name you'll find it easy to pronounce

and when you least expect your feet he'll grab

 

you see us all here each with his sore scab

this is no enemy easy to trounce

on water's edge there lurks an angry crab

 

in times long past it was simple to blab

to laugh because the creature could not flounce

and when you least expect your feet he'll grab

 

this is a knife that knows just how to stab

draining vitality by the seeping ounce

on water's edge there lurks an angry crab

and when you least expect your feet he'll grab