Grey Whale

Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
"The Kraken" - Alfred Tennyson

Grey Whale

To The Last Whale
~Graham Nash and David Crosby

Over the years you have been hunted by the men who threw harpoons
And in the long run we will kill you just to feed the pets we raise
Put the flowers in your vase and make the lipstick for your face
Over the years you swam the ocean following feelings of your own
Now you are washed up on the shoreline I can see your body lie
It's a shame you have to die to put the shadow on our eye
Maybe we'll go, maybe we'll disappear
It's not that we don't know, it's just that we don't want to care
Under the bridges, over the foam, wind on the water, carry me home
Over the years you swam the ocean following feelings of your own
Now you are washed up on the shoreline I can see your body lie
It's a shame you have to die to put the shadow on our eye
Under the bridges, over the foam, wind on the water, carry me home

please check out Animal Planet tonight and watch Whale Wars
www.seashepherd.org

Grey Whale

We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.

~Jennie Jerome Churchill