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My Double Life
I lie, abandoned, on the beach.
My watery home I cannot reach.
My former owner set me free.
He has no further need of me.
I have no tenant, nor any friend.
Is this how I am doomed to end?
An empty, useless, lonely stray.
Without the means to move or play.
But wait! I hear a strange, new sound.
A creature moving across the ground.
I sense him, as he checks me out.
Looking for food, I have no doubt.
But in another minute or less,
This creature's purpose I can guess.
He needs a home. A larger place.
His need becomes my saving grace.
So remember, when you are down and out.
On a garbage heap, you have no doubt.
Don't give up hope, for that's a sin.
You may be in Nature's recycling bin.
As I get used to my life on land,
With my new tenant and his band.
I ask you all to think of me,
And try to guess just what I be.
My watery home I cannot reach.
My former owner set me free.
He has no further need of me.
I have no tenant, nor any friend.
Is this how I am doomed to end?
An empty, useless, lonely stray.
Without the means to move or play.
But wait! I hear a strange, new sound.
A creature moving across the ground.
I sense him, as he checks me out.
Looking for food, I have no doubt.
But in another minute or less,
This creature's purpose I can guess.
He needs a home. A larger place.
His need becomes my saving grace.
So remember, when you are down and out.
On a garbage heap, you have no doubt.
Don't give up hope, for that's a sin.
You may be in Nature's recycling bin.
As I get used to my life on land,
With my new tenant and his band.
I ask you all to think of me,
And try to guess just what I be.
Answer
I am a sea shell. My former tenant, the sea snail, died. I was washed up on the beach and was taken over by a hermit crab.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Very nicely written! And it brings back memories: Years ago, when much younger, I would scuba dive in the shallow waters of the seashore. My diving buddy and I would lie on the bottom and watch the fish, seahorses and other life. Once, my buddy picked up a hermit crab that wandered by and pulled the little creature out of his shell, dropping him on the bottom, where he instantly began diging himself frantically into the sand. We left his shell where he had dug in, and a while later he came out climbed back in and went away, probably thinking, "Wow, that was a close call!"
This was fun and easy!
i got it right! i got it right! :O
Beautiful poetry. Fun riddle.
You write very well
*Sniff* I think I could cry...
Sea shells have auditory canals to "hear a strange, new sound"? 'Learned' something new today.
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