Full Moon

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WATERY WEDNESDAY

FULL MOON

What a curious title, when there's nary a moon in sight!

Ah, but do you remember, a while ago, when the moon was extra-bright?

The Super Moon they called it, as it floated in the sky,

Not so far away as usual, in fact it seemed nearby.

Our skies were black and cloudless and our view was unsurpassed

So we had a really wonderful view, though other skies were overcast.

I tried to take a photo but I'm just an amateur 

And my resulting pictures were a disappointing blur.

Since then I've seen magical photos, which have captured the lovely scene,

In newspapers  and magazines and up on the TV screen.

But these newspaper pictures are  different, the moon is not displayed.

I thought I'd show a picture of a difference that it made.

High tides were predicted and, for sure, they came to be.

Here we see our local baths inundated by the sea.

Our Winter swimmers, the Mackerals, were battered by the waves

And I believe that they suffered some terribly close-shaves.

All because of that strange thing we know as gravity

And a moon that is pulling, pulling the wild waves of the sea!

The coal ships ignore it.

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THIS LITTLE PIG

I don't want to be a meanie,

But I think a Pink Pig beanie

Is a little overdone,

Though it may be lots of fun!

It has a sideways smirk

That says 'This man's a jerk!'

And he must have lots of hassles

With people pulling tassles.

The model looks quite male

But, quite honestly, I fail

To understand a wig

Masquerading as a pig.

It must be a mass of hair

That he has stuffed in there!

For the part that is Pink Pig

Looks bulbous and quite big!

I'd like to know the history

Of this sartorial mystery.

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