When every fish sipped at once
The sea dropped down a mile.
Whale saw this as the perfect chance
To step out with baleen smile.
He slid through slippery streets
Like rains chasing after rains,
Happy to be out he’d greet
All by their first names,
Except a few needing respect,
“Mr. Toad,” he’d say, “Ms. Hydrangea,”
With a tip of a flip as you’d expect.
Friend to all! No “Hi, stranger!”
How he did it I’ll never know!
So goes one with killer charm
Who sang his way from sea to snow,
Past cities, towns and farms
He carried on and up beyond
Where any dared walk or swim,
Wherever he went he belonged,
He was happily him to the brim.
So you may see a rainbow spout
One day from a rainless cloud
And you’ll know that whale is out
Living more than life’s allowed!

Illustrated by DALL-E in the style of John Tenniel.