O scallop in the evening sky
How did you learn to leap so high?
Repair, repair
Come down from there
For ne'er was meant a fish to fly.
And should you prate "a whale's not fish"
Then you had best remember this:
Beware, beware
From upper air
The splayed out earth is hard to miss.
O bivalve, still you spiral on
Thou willful callow fledgling prawn
Regret, regret
The sea is wet
You cannot swim with feathers on.
(Learn more about the real-life vertiginous clam.)
How did you learn to leap so high?
Repair, repair
Come down from there
For ne'er was meant a fish to fly.
And should you prate "a whale's not fish"
Then you had best remember this:
Beware, beware
From upper air
The splayed out earth is hard to miss.
O bivalve, still you spiral on
Thou willful callow fledgling prawn
Regret, regret
The sea is wet
You cannot swim with feathers on.
(Learn more about the real-life vertiginous clam.)
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