And Whale Song
Whale Song by name
Whale Song it came
By day
Seeing the whales play
By night
Still in our sight
Screens of unreal sound
In ocean depths abound
Real time tunes accompany our work
Records of those beneath that lurk
Smooth tones fill the wheelhouse
Rather listen to nothing else…
80 miles off Dampier
Hardly any whales out here
Whales inshore
But shipping galore
Droning out our cetacean tones
With mechanical drones
An ocean full of noise
Indicates man’s toys
Oil and gas for life
Often causing strife
Realism necessary
As oz desires autonomy
Enveloped by whale calls of young and old
Of the timid and the bold
Calls to learn
Hearts that yearn
Frog tones
Indigestion groans
Love-sick moans
Across oceanic zones
Songs of love
With news from above
A sentinel at land-mark stands
Singing migration commands
This way girls…
Over canyons sound curls
I’m yours –
Simply because
I’m 40 tons of love
Breaching from above
To win you over
I’m your Casanova!
(Written by Micheline Jenner)
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