The Atoll

Mermaid (cont.)
Such is the boiled down worth to human needs
Of dredged Carribean rooted red sea weeds
Its dearest alginates which thicken dyes
Canned meat and shampoos as well stabilise
Beer froth and jellies theyre suspended beads
Of Sargasso sea rooted brown sea weeds
The fireworms torch is this smoke tinted jar
Bioluminescent cold beams strafe out far
In that clear jar flap three electric rays
Theyll shock away your tension headache haze
Now mermen twist their tridents tying green bails
Of kelp which mermaids stack chin high on scales
Then plonk on pallets on hydraulic plates
Of trucks on ballast tyres salt water weights
In these retorts boil down the purest pools