Copyright 2021 by Kenneth Van Camp, all rights reserved.
Would I be shy?
Only surface on the sly?
And keep myself hidden from all humanity?
Would I play games with the boats?
Play hide and seek under floats?
Make everyone wonder, what can-it-be?
Would I bob and sup?
Curl my tail and bulk myself up?
What's that you say... vanity?
But mostly if I were a manatee,
I'd turn my face for you to see,
And then I'd laugh at how you look at me.
Oh, if only I were a manatee!
