Few will soon forget the footage of a 30ft wave, churning like an angry beast up the shore - cars, boats and even entire houses, some of them aflame, tossed in its muddy intensity.

'We suspect a counterbid may soon be on the way, if not at least to muddy the waters and raise the price for Kraft, ' wrote Shore Capital analyst Darren Shirley in a research note Monday morning.

On a muddy path in the dark night, I grope for the safe shore of my dream, a flickering hope as my beacon.