��Stem the tide�� this over-used clich?
What exactly does it convey
Are there special tide stemmers around
Whose job it is to bog tides down
Doesn��t the moon control the tides
As around the earth it lunar-ly glides
Tide stemmers would cause much buzz
If they stemmed the work the lunar does
Is there a course called ��Stem the Tide 101��
That teaches how tide stemming is properly done
��What do you want to be when all grown up��, kids are asked
Do some answer, ��a stemmer of tides, there��s no greater task��
Perhaps this poem has gone far astray
In the attempt to understand an over-used clich?
Written by this poetic buffoon
Undoubtedly under the spell of a very full moon