Mermaid Extraordinaire

We all know her as Mermaids, but her real name is Elaine

She's lovely as a Spring time day, just freshened by the rain

Her home is in Cape Cod; its such a perfect mermaid scene

With her two cats and guinnea pigs, I bet life is serene 



It has been many years since that sweet day they met online

They fell in love and married and their life was more than fine

Together almost 16 years and then one day he passed

She misses him so very much; it all went way too fast



Her poetry is fantasy; for her it's therapy 

She writes about the unicorns, and things we cannot see

But she has creativity; runs in her ancestry

Her niece's and her nephew's art, add to the fam'ly tree 




She works in an Alzheimer's unit in a nursing home 

She deals with stress by relaxing while she writes her next poem

Degree in Anthropology, this woman is so smart

And just a little more about Elaine, before we part



She's sixty five, and rare, we'll have a sweet birthday affair

And we'll all stare into the air and fireworks will flare 

A Happy Birthday Care to Mermaid Extraordinaire

And we will all declare, you seem too young for Medicare