On Teasing - Nina Nastasia

You should not tease

And play tricks

For a laugh

Ha-ha-ha…

Do you see her walking

The bluff for a high?

She will not know

When to quit walking, or why

A great sea beneath her

Forbodes «you will die»

She laughs at the thought

For so far she has kept very dry

She cries and she heaves

That her sides, they may break

Oh, the lapping that purples

Her ragged red cheek

«Be you coddled and cocky

I’ll have you for eats»

Cries the great sea

And drags her below by her feet

And swallows her whole

Down below

For a treat

Ha-ha-ha…