The Misfit Merfolk

This is the realm of the misfit merfolk.
We have human legs and the heads of fish.
We don't do the butterfly or backstroke.

We don't freestyle or do the breaststroke.

Around our bodies the currents swish.

This is the realm of the misfit merfolk.

Neptune and Poseidon are the gods we invoke.

Under our feet we feel the sand squish.

We don't do the butterfly or backstroke.

Normal merfolk consider us a joke,

but to be great swimmers is not our wish.

This is the realm of the misfit merfolk.

We walk on two legs just like earth folk

while above our heads the normal merfolk whish.

We don't do the butterfly or backstroke.

We're not invited when the normal merfolk convoke.

They've always been elitist and standoffish. 

This is the realm of the misfit merfolk.

We don't do the butterfly or backstroke. - Jeff Barnes