Big Boy came <br />Carrying a mermaid <br />On his shoulders <br />And the mermaid <br />Had her tail <br />Curved <br />Beneath his arm. <br /> <br /> <br />Being a fisher boy, <br />He’d found a fish <br />To carry— <br />Half fish, <br />Half girl <br />To marry.<br /><br />Langston Hughes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/catch-5/