#598164 added July 23, 2008 at 2:52pm Restrictions: None
The Whale of a Tale
On January 22, 2006, a northern bottle-nosed whale that was stranded in the River Thames expired as the rescuers tried to airlift him to the ocean.
This is really a very sad story and I am not making fun of an animal's death, but it was the prompt for Writers Cramp.
A bottle-nosed whale
wallowed in murky waters
of the River Thames
on a frantic search for King,
to blow his top on the spot
at royal pain of
“Doing nothing is something.”
His tale lured London,
brought traffic to a stop, but
they turned him down from the Crown.
Cambridge or Oxford,
at least, he wished for culture
or to travel in
a red double-decker bus,
as he ailed and flailed to swim.
The heart-broken whale
on a makeshift whale mattress
was lifted in air;
yet, he missed on sightseeing
and died with heartfelt regret.
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