The things we do to pass time while bored...

Today, while ‘working in the office’ I decided to write a poem.
But obviously, being me, it couldn’t just be a simple poem.
There had to be a challenge.
And that challenge was this:
The first and last words of each line had to be the same, and each line had to start with a letter that was later in the alphabet than the one that started the line before it.
And it had to be about a random word that I got by dropping a dictionary on the floor and sticking my finger in it with my eyes closed.
And that word was SHRIMP.
This is what I came up with:

Blowing through the waves while above the wind is blowing.
Knowing things of mermaids that ourselves could not be knowing.
Love does not concern them, though there are things that they love.

Nothing is as tasty, though they really taste of nothing.
Often they’re forgotten, though most people eat them often.
Perfect packs of protein, like a prawn, and yet more perfect.

Sweet as honey, sugar; better for you than a sweet
Treat yourself and try them, they’re a sub-aquatic treat.
While others munch on mutton, I shall taste their wares a while.

If anyone from the Shrimp Marketing Board is reading this, and you’d like to use the poem for advertising purposes, then feel free to call me and negotiate…

RC 25-8-11