maggie and milly and molly
and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles, and
milly befriended a stranded
star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by
a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles; and
may came home with a smooth
round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose (like
a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea