Sea Song

You look different every time you come

From the foam-crested brine

Your skin shining softly in the moonlight

Partly fish, partly porpoise, partly baby sperm whale



Am I yours? Are you mine to play with?

Joking apart, when you're drunk, you're terrific when you're drunk

I like you mostly late at night, you're quite alright

But I can't understand the different you in the morning



When it's time to play at being human for a while please smile

You'll be different in the spring, I know

You're a seasonal beast like the starfish that drift in with the tide

So until your your blood runs to meet the next full moon



You're madness fits in nicely with my own

Your lunacy fits neatly with my own, my very own

We're not alone