I Whale

So I set out on the sea

With a little food for me

And a sharp harpoon for the whale that I'm hunting

The fine women on the shore

They called out "give us more!"

But I have nothing to give (as if I did before)

Before my house burned down last night

And I killed my friends in a fight

So like I said, I paddled out in morning light

To see if I could see

A shape come from the deep

Or if I could hear it's song of love at night taunt me

And though I know I'm getting some

My fingers are getting numb

I sit and toss and the cold waves wash over me

And I've been out here for sixty days

There's no sign of spout or spray

And the cold dark night falls down the flat black sea

And in the calm I close my eyes

I lean back, rock from side to side

I am placid, I have slowly gone starry skies

With half closed eyes

But with a 'thump' 'thump' beneath my boat

Watch the water rise

And storms rage in my skiff crumbles

And the whale beneath assails and humbles

It says: "Knock knock!" from beneath

"You know it's me!

I'm your heart, I'm a whale

I'm the bottom of the deep black sea

My mouth is white and toothy"