Jay Allard - Mysticeti

Here lie the bones of the whalebone whale

Who basked

Through a krillion filtered breakfasts

Who asked

For an extra blowhole


And God said Yes


Here lie the bones

Of the whalebone whale

Who cruised

Past murder-eyed killfish

And snoozed eyes wide

Below the sun's remains


Here in the deepest stillness now

Lie a whalebone whale's bones

Far from a seawater sky

Immemorial under the dark

Jay Allard

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