Gray Whale Off The Coast Of Palestine Poem by Chris Lane

Their species have been hunted to extinction in The Atlantic Ocean
So it came as a great surprise when in 2010 a lone Grey Whale
Was spotted off the coast of Palestine later again seen near Barcelona Spain

It has been concluded that this Gray Whale had made its way
Via The Arctic Passage during the summer months in pursuit of plankton
Thereby explaining the phenomenon of the sightings

Furthermore fossil records reveal that The Mediterranean Sea
Was once the ancestral calving ground
Of this now extinct to the region species

While exiting The Pillars of Hercules
Did a harpoon pierce The Gray Whales flesh
Embedding therein a GPS like a gift token in lieu of the extinction

A lone song echoes The Atlantic again
In an unaccompanied voyage
South towards Islas Malvinas

Fiery are the skies over Tierra Del Fuego
And Gray is the Whale which by instinct swims on
North to seek its home in The Aleutian islands

© Calac