maggie and milly and molly and may - Natalie Merchant

And maggie discovered a shell that sang

So sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and

Milly befriended a stranded star

Whose rays five languid fingers were;

And molly was chased 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