A Good Line by Spider Tom
One night, I was dreaming, and I woke up moaning,
I found a perfect stranger, there inside my bed.
I was thrown, in a panic, I'm just a broke mechanic,
So I tried to diagnose, the miss inside my head.
My thoughts were retrieving, the previous evening,
I had a recollection, of nothing much, at all
A bed-fellow delicious, or bed-fellow , vicious,
She sighed in her sleep, and turned to the wall.
I was never, ever fine, at a good pick up line,
And confusion, and stale wine, tortured my dull head,
This was no apparition, was she there, from my wishing,
Last night, I'd gone fishing, now a girl is in my bed.
.
Her grey eyes, gave a flutter, no word did she utter,
She flung back the blanket, and gave a little flail,
My eyes, started popping, my jaw, started flopping,
Instead of two long legs, she sported, a fish-tail.
What a wild, fish-story, there in her glory,
Was the finest of Mermaids, that fell, for a good line.
Should I seduce, or scale her, I was bound, to fail her,
My body still all droopy, from the bottles of wine.
She gave me a hurt look, showed me where my hook,
Had pierced her lower lip, said she felt the sting.
I said,"be mine, forever, I won't hurt you ever,
Your mouth is just adorable, I'll give you a lip-ring."
All things in life, are winnable, your chance, at best is probable.
And love becomes unstoppable, as passions rise and fall,
A mermaid, oh so fine, can be caught with a good line,
When providence devine, gives two hearts a call.
We now share a zacuzzi,she never was a floosie,
We were wedded, by the ocean, to the singing of the whales,
We fell, hook, line and sinker,and as I love to tinker,
She showed me how to get inside her scales.
I was never, ever fine, at a good pickup line,
"Luck", is a fisherman, I have often said.
This was no apparition, she was there from her wishing,
I've given up fishing, keep scaleing her instead.
© Ken Robertson 29/10/1999