Whale, 1 heard you
Grieving.
Great whale, crying for your life,
Crying for your kind, 1 knew
How we would use
Your dying:
Lipstick for our painted faces,
Polish for our shoes.
Tumbling mountain in the sea,
Whale, 1 heard you
Calling.
Bird-high notes, keening, soaring:
At their edge a tiny drum
Like a heartbeat.
