I Saw a Whale Today

You said that I should see a whale - a giant from the southern seas swimming song-lines up the coast, and so I came on board your boat to wait and look. You told me humpbacks follow ancient ocean-routes beyond their icy water-home, bellies full of krill, for corroboree up north. Aha! I see her! Just like the sea is the sudden whale! She’s breaching, grey on white – a fluke – her tail! It’s huge! Slap! Smack! I saw a whale today.