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[Philatone]

hey billy!

When skimming flattened pebbles from the land
the angle of descent should be acute.
And never throw at row boats if they're manned;
but if you do it, do it quick, then scoot. ...get the idea, but the flow doesn't really sit well with me with the "do it quick"; also, it takes away from the line above with the contradiction

You can't fly kites up high, or race the dog
when skimming flattened pebbles from the land
'cos slinging stones should be a lonesome slog.....the "lonesome" makes me question the "kite" imagery (even the dog, though i guess you can argue that a dog makes for company). why does a kite have to be with others? I'm just struggling with the thoughts that lead up to this line; the ideas strike me as a bit random and i don't know where they came from
Those kinds of things should never be on hand....."those kinds of things" also felt a bit too general, but that's just personal taste

At times of stress when nothing goes as planned;...need the semicolon?
if you have problems large, or by the score
when skimming flattened pebbles from the land
the buggers often sink into the shore....again, with these three lines, i understand the intention, but the syntax seems a bit weird. the transition from line 2 to line 3 feels weak, if there even is one. i think it's the "when" throwing things off. it's ashame, because i think the last two lines work well independent of the rest of the stanza.

So dig your toes into the sand below
and with the shiny rock at your command....need the period
Let loose the missile, sling away your woe...perhaps the opening two words (let loose) each deserve a stress; they messed up the meter for me. not sure if that's a problem
when skimming flattened pebbles from the land.

i like the ideas more than the result; i think syntax and punctuation suffered a bit, but that is only my take. thanks for the read!