maggie and milly and molly and may

    went down to the beach（to play one day）

    and maggie discovered a shell that sang

    so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles，and

    milly befriended a stranded¹ star

    whose rays five languid fingers were；

    and molly was chased² by a horrible thing

    which raced sideways while blowing bubbles：and

    may came home with a smooth round stone

    as small as a world and as large as alone.

    For whatever we lose（like a you or a me）

    it's always ourselves we find in the sea