Kin to
the limpkin,
she whimpers
when primping,
wears rimless
eyeglasses
for skimming
her primer
on swimming.
She splashes
through grasses
amassing
her ration
of shrimp,
and stands,
a fat ampersand,
on the sandpaper
strand
making eyes
at a snipe,
fanning
the passions
of the sandpiper
nations.