Mudlark – When Worlds Collide

Mudshark is legend
at the Edgewater Inn
steeped within Zappa mythology
slightly weird but no sin

Meadowlark Lemon
you know the name
Sweet Georgia Brown theme song
hoops player of fame

Shark attacks Meadow
a move not admirable
ferocious entanglement as worlds collide
new creation unrecognizable

Thus begins the tale of Mudlark

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I have to admit, I never heard the word “mudlark” before today, nor knew of its true meaning. It sounded to me like a mashup between Frank Zappa’s infamous Mudshark and Meadowlark Lemon, basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters, and that is where the muse took me.

Linked to Weekend Writing Prompt #237: Mudlark. This weekend you challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 52 words using the word “Mudlark”.