The news spread rapidly down the shore that a small whale beached in Spout Cove
In our big station wagon we all gathered and up we drove
It was a sight to see for sure and I felt sorry for the poor thing
It makes you wonder how it got there and why for the tide to bring
Someone had cut out its eye for a trophy I guess
There were also slashes, cuts and chunks of missing flesh
We stood, walked on its solid back and for pictures we posed
I often wondered how long it took to decompose
Was the meat at least used or from it perfume to be made
Maybe it just stayed there and slowly decayed
  Submitted By: Alicia "Celeste" Loughrey