Lovers' Lake

by CD Richards

One fine day Davy Mills took a trip to the hills,
along with his girlfriend named Sue.
As the skyline grew dark, they decided to park,
just to sit and admire the view.

But as things sometimes go, well, the hormones did flow,
and the young couple soon began necking.
It's a sad thing to say, they'd be living today,
if the fools had not been so unrecking.

Far above Lovers' Lake, someone's foot hit the brake,
and as bad luck dictated, released it.
Rolling off the cliff side, Davy heard Susan chide,
"Goodness gracious, you've killed us, you dimwit!"

Now the lake is a host, so the locals do boast,
to a diverse array of small fishes.
As for Davy and Sue, well, I guess it is true,
things did not go according to wishes.

But on nights that are clear, if you row your boat near
to the spot where the couple went under;
you might hear from the deep, "It's not my fault, you creep!" —
it's just Davy, denying his blunder.

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Today's word: unrecking (adj.) not paying attention; unheeding.

* The plural of fish is usually fish, but there are exceptions. In biology, for instance, fishes is used to refer to multiple species of fish.

* Necking (or, pashing) is an archaic term for smooching, or sucking face, dating way back to my teenage years.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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