Ugh
(a villanelle)
As I wandered by the sandy shore
Watching the waves in their merry dance
What I chanced to see upon the floor

Lumps of grey jelly, a score or more
And I gave them more than a cursory glance
As I wandered by the sandy shore

And when I looked along some more
There were far more than caused by chance,
When I glanced to see upon the floor

Jellyfish, Portuguese Men o' War
The sting of which cause swimmers to prance
As I wandered by the sandy shore 

My foreign visitor, he was not sure
Was worried to go in any distance
'Cause what he saw upon the sea shore 

I wondered what these creatures were for
Hardly creatures of torrid romance
As I wandered by the sandy shore
That I chanced to see upon the floor