52 Blue
*There is a whale in the northern Pacific Ocean named 52 Blue.
Scientists named him this because he sings at a frequency 52 MHz.
Other whales sing at frequencies between 15 and 25 MHz.
His song cannot be heard by them.
He is the loneliest whale in the world.
Normally, whales are communal creatures.
They live in family groups.
They migrate from warm waters to cool waters to give birth and find food.
They follow the same migratory route year after year.
52 Blue is different.
He lives alone.
He doesn’t follow a migratory route.
He wanders the ocean.
“Not all who wander are lost,” says the old saying.
Neither are those who wonder.
52 Blue is a wandering, wondering whale.
52 Blue (A fibonacci poem)
whale
song
lonely
where are you?
wandering, singing
singing unheard wandering songs
can you hear me? are you there? are you? i am alone
listening, longing for songs gently sung, i hear you song on water, i’m here, i’m here
we sing at diff’rent frequencies, migrate along diff’rent routes, wandering, wondering
unheard, unknown, wandering the sea, songs on water
singing unheard wondering songs
Wondering, singing
who are you?
gentle
song
whale
- trevor scott barton, stories and poems for a brown-eyed girl, 2020
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