Terns For The Verse (by me)

Fun to watch them fly and frolic

stunts and airs and high speed swoops,

but oh it renders me melancholic

to see my boat all covered in poops.

I hung up foils and owls and snakes

stood on the deck and waved my arms.

I thought I'd done all that it takes

everything but install alarms.

And yet each day I sadly view

Tern poops, tern poops, anew,

Tern poops, tern poops...residue.