5. The Pier Pavillion

Just above the waves
Stands the entertainment
For entertainment saves
From boredom and containment

On the water’s face
Sing for our diversion
Send us from this place
Back to introversion

Just below the laughs and tears
Laps the water of our fears
Not far from the merriment
Lies a sea of discontent
And knowing where we’d rather be
Is half the joy of you and me
See the hopes and names in lights
Feel the desperate desperate nights

Send another clown
A mirthful mercenary
A little deeper down
Joy is secondary

Beneath the boards we tread
Swims a hungry ocean
Waves that must be fed
Scoop out our emotion