Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Sands of Love

The males of cichlid fish do build

Sand castles in lake bottoms so

Dreams of fine mates might be fulfilled,

Drawing in the females to show

Off the sand castles males have made,

Uniquely each with broad mouthed jaw

To form sand castles that throw shade

In patterns females "ooh" and "aah."

And when forms a successful match

The sand castle is where the two,

The male cichlid with female catch,

Snuggle together and make woo.

Sand castle at lake bottom be

Where cichlids share matrimony.