a be-well shanty for Dael

 

a be-well shanty for Dael

 

see the sea

 

you can forget yourself in a book in a picture

 

see the sea, forever far

heart lapping

 

with a hey and a ho

 

good thing you’re in paradise

 

have a sit

let paint drip

 

take it easy

see the sea

 

then pirates

or watch out for a fata morgana

(might have to wait awhile

but you have the veranda!)

 

blow, bully boys, blow

take a whale in toe

 

or be in the treehouse up the back

you can watch Rick work

 

sunlight and the day!

whatever it is, don’t sweat it

 

allow construction

(though not too noisy)

 

nonny, no

 

someone else can cook

(unless you feel like cooking)

 

put your feet up

(it’s one of the various things they are for)

 

the body has so many unnecessary parts

the head unnecessary thoughts

 

best roost

cluck if suits

 

be your own chook

nest is ready feathered

less need now to peck

 

cut the whale loose

mother goose

 

sugar and tea and rum

or

I suggest

finger of kitkat

wicked sister

(that could of course just be me

not that I want to push sugar)

 

choose your own indulgences!

 

endure!

it’s just one of your superpowers

 

consider yourself dolphin

for the purposes of poem

 

see the sea

it’s still there, I bet