by David Elder

Created on: October 15, 2009

A Larmin

Away down deep beneath the waves
A fish lives with no fear
Not tuna, carp, or halibut
But marlin, so I hear

Their bravery known far and wide
That is except for one
A nervous type afraid to say
An undeserving son

His classmates made much sport of him
While in the local school
His timidness and puny size
Betrayed him as a fool

And so they dubbed him cruelly
In a mean and spiteful game

When he first heard it made him blush
For Larmin was his name

It really was a shame you see
He was quite cute and charmin'
Too bad he had that little quirk
And so he was a Larmin

The females of the species
Didn't want a fish not bold
He sadly spent his youth alone
No girlfriends thus I'm told

When he grew larger it was worse
Though some found it amusing
His massive size but fearful ways
Were really quite confusing

And then one day poor Larmin
After rising from his sleep
Was cruising near the surface
(Far away from dark and deep)

There he chanced upon trawler
With its nets spread out to sea
A few he knew were captured there
Their plight was plain to see

Now fear was something he knew well
He'd known it all his life
He blamed it for the fact that he
Had never had a wife

And so for once he charged ahead
The fishermen had fits
His ample girth insured success
He tore that net to bits

After that day his fate was changed
Although he was the same
And many fry were christened
With a Larmin for their name

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