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The Oxhill News September 2004 |
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It's Great When You Get In They
told me the water was lovely, That
I ought to go for a swim, The
air was maybe a trifle cool, "You
won't mind it when you get in" So
I journeyed cheerfully beach-ward, And
nobody put me wise, But
everyone boosted my courage With
an earful of jovial lies. The
Sound looked cold and clammy, The
water seemed chilly and gray, But
I hastened into my bathing suit And
floundered into the spray. Believe
me, the moment I touched it I
realized then and there, That
the fretful sea was not meant for me But
fixed for a polar bear. I
didn't swim for distance I
didn't do the crawl, (They
asked why I failed to reach the raft, And
I told them to hire a hall.) But
I girded my icy garments Round
my quaking limbs so blue, And
I beat it back to the bath house To
warm up for an age or two. I
felt like a frozen mummy In
an icy winding-sheet. It
took me over an hour To
calm my chattering teeth. And
I sympathized with Peary, I
wept for Amundsen's woes, As
I tried to awaken some life in My
still unconscious toes. So
be warned by my example And
shun the flowing sea, When
the chill winds of September Blow
sad and drearily. Heed
not the tempters' chatter Pass
them the skeptics' grin For
the greatest bull that a boob can pull Is
"It's great when you get in." Eugene O'Neill |
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