Minnie the Mermaid

It confused her daddy when Minnie revealed

that she had a new friend from “deep in left field”

but she loved Daddy dearly, so it was proper

for her to stop hiding in “Davey Jones’ locker”

She set up a date for the three at his home

as she thought it was best if they told him alone

and now as a flounder flip-flops on a dock

her nerves swam in circles awaiting the knock

It is never easy for a “Daddy’s Girl”

to make her own way in a watery world

but Minnie was not one to live life a-float

the daughter of “Jaws” cannot taffy-coat

It was gonna be hard, it always is

to tell a shark you’re in love with a squid

she hoped her dad wouldn’t raise a stink

or crack jokes about Octopussy’s ink

A shark is a shark and will follow blood

Minnie would try not throw him chud

but his mind was closed, his hammerhead

full of dreams of the Great White he thought she should wed

Or maybe a tiger, the thought made her shudder

with camouflaged skin and tail-fin rudder

or a killer whale, but God forbid

what would Daddy do when he saw her squid?

Minnie’s heart sank when the door knocked

her head swam and her keel rocked

she opened the door full of dismal dread

for a squid has no chance when a shark wants it dead

Octopussy came in, and Jaw’s jaw dropped

at her pink and blue hair, closely cropped

but Minnie’s squid smiled, her manner unchanged

taking pride in those things that a shark found strange

Octopussy’s ease soon brought him around

and Minnie’s love grew for the friend she had found

their dinner went fine as her daddy hid

any reservations he felt for her femme squid

His heart is not fixed, even Jaws can evolve

he out-swam his fears and his courage resolved

to love his daughter, and to trust in his God

didn’t Neptune create cephalopods?