Blue Whale Found
By Sean BaloghPublished 10 months ago • Updated 10 months ago • 1 min read
Source: Santa Barabara Independent
Blue whale found
beached outside of Oil Piers.
Seventy-eight feet, floated
in the channel for days
before reaching the Ventura coastline.
After landing in the summer heat,
onshore wind carried the fifty-ton smell
for miles. Roadside witnesses
leaned heavy as telephone poles
over the caution tape,
offering their children
a somber view of our last colossus.
.
A local museum
hopes to acquire the bones.
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Sean Balogh
A lover of soft cheese and delayed gratification. I prefer plants to people, more often than not. Most of these words should find a home among the compost but hey, at least I'm still writing.
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