Blue whale’s song
Nadia Gerassimenko
I.
Have you heard
The Blue Whale’s Song?
It’s like
the siren in a submarine,
the ocean shaking.
Like jazz off-the-cuff
but instinctive / effortless
It’s a lament
an echoing,
always echoing.
II.
Have you seen
a blue whale bleed?
Cornered & harpooned,
the open sea is no refuge.
Majestic body pierces,
bleeds
&
the ocean blue
soaks
&
Downpour may dilute the sinner,
seawater retains the sin.
bleeds;
scarlets.
III.
Are you looking for the whales?
They’re on the beach, death stranding.
As if they know the sea’s not safe,
how Gaia’s fury ripples waves,
& everyone is punished.
As if they see from above / beyond
how it all started
& can’t be turned.
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