Whales
playing and singing
Hosts of people (thank the lord!) make speeches
SHOUT ANGRILY
10,000 at a time carrying rubber
whales & banners . . . . .
OTHERS inspired for action TRAVEL
QUICKLY
in tiny dinghies Jacks in a Box
BETWEEN GUN & QUARRY...
I myself say nothing do nothing think
nothing ...
greasing my boots & lighting a lamp or candle.
Occasionally I imagine these magnificent creatures
singing chattering leaping dancing
Note
The Blue Whale, twice the size of a dinosaur, is the largest animal on earth.The Gray Whale, when pressed, travels at 25 mph. The Sperm Whale can stay below for two hours & dive more than a mile.
They, or some of them, provide cosmetics, pet food & shoe polish.
Whales in the past were harpooned, they dragged the hunter’s boat, & finally lances were thrust into them & the bodies were towed ashore. Today the ship's gunner fires a charge which explodes in the target, & the carcases are processed in factory ships.
Whales are cooperative & friendly. Many of them live & play in family groups.
One of the great whales - the Humpback - communicating at an astonishing distance, sings eerily & beautifully.