The Mermaid's Ball

The Mermaid's Ball, the Mermaid's Ball,
The biggest party of the Fall
For mermaids know as no one knows
To make the Ball for one and all

With nimble fingers doing their parts
To run the wires and draw the charts
The mermaids work all through the year
To make the Ball in fits and starts

A Ball won't happen on its own
It takes experience and wisdom, honed
On practice, experiments, and study
To make the Ball of such renown

Their hair tied back, their gloves in place
They start to put each piece in space
And to connect as planned and noted
To make the Ball gather apace

A Ball is not a simple thing
A Bathypelgaic Atomically Lasing
Light show for the rays and fish
But mermaids know as no one knows
Their physics, engineering, and how to glow