The Hungry Shark

There once
was a big, hungry shark
who hunted his food in the dark.

If he had his own way,
he would search in the day
but his prey would hide under the rocks. 

It has been said so large were his teeth,
that their points were as huge as the pyramids peaks,

and his hunger just grew
as his stomach pursued
its raven of sea life beneath.

And so the story unfolds
that his brain was as small as a toad’s,

 for though he was full,
he still raged like a bull
while attempting to
EAT THE WHOLE GLOBE!

 Believe it or not,
he accomplished that.

 His belly was stretched beyond FAT.
He groaned in despair that his greed
had so far exceeded his need.

 The world made him ACHE,
full of land, sky and lakes,

 that, good fortune to all,
He went SPLAT!

 And the world was much better for that!

Poem by Laura Richardson
Painting “Waves at Orient Beach” by Sir Roland Richardson