A whale washed up on the beach and I watched
families take their kids to see it thrash
in the shallows

In the shallows
I saw a child, unaided and off-course
With families and kids to watch it thrash

This is a spectacle
To see a whale
To see a child
To see this pessimal
                        Sea

You calf           : an educator
A province of lessons at your
                        Bed
Show me your collected photographs

Some days later I watched a whale       die.
And those lessons I remember.