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Swallowed By a Whale

A man was swallowed by a whale And lived to tell this humpback tale. While lobster fishing, suddenly, Below the waters of the sea, He felt a bump then all went dark. In fear, he thought it was a shark. Not feeling pain, which sure was good, He was confused, then understood He’d somehow gotten swallowed whole By some huge whale out on patrol To catch himself a seafood meal; He luckily did not appeal. For after 30 seconds passed, The whale spit out a giant blast Of what he knew did not belong; The fisherman just tasted wrong. His buddy pulled him on the boat; A happy ending, I will note. Not many do survive, unhurt, Rejected as a whale’s dessert.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 6/15/2021 8:23:00 PM
Sounds like 'Jonah's Reprise!' lol. Glad all is ok now. :) gw
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Date: 6/15/2021 11:19:00 AM
Proof there is life after rejection! Well done, Ilene! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 6/15/2021 3:42:00 AM
He was one lucky fisherman, saw it on the news.
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Date: 6/14/2021 9:11:00 PM
This is hilarious, Ilene. Jonah wasn't the only one that happened to!
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Date: 6/14/2021 5:01:00 PM
He will never find your poem if you don’t sent it to him. You should
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Date: 6/14/2021 4:40:00 PM
I've been rejected by a lot of things in my life... but not a whale. Just saw it on the news. Very witty write my friend. Stay well.
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Date: 6/14/2021 1:56:00 PM
I heard about that briefly on the news. Great job of telling the story in rhyme, Ilene! Blessings, Kim M
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Date: 6/14/2021 12:38:00 PM
what a fantastic story .. a great fisherman's tale indeed. I think your grandkids may enjoy my poem posted yesterday about Ollie the octopus xx:-) hugs jan xx
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