maggie and millie and molly and may

     maggie and millie 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 millie befriended a stranded star
     who's 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.

          e.e. cummings