Blue Whale Visits The Supermarket Poem by Sheena Blackhall

The whale entered the supermarket
At the height of the winter floods
When unspeakably murky waters
Blurred the edges of dry and water worlds

The whale was drawn to the red pepper stand
The chillis reminded her of Calypso beaches she'd heard of
On the whispers of the waves

The biggest thing she could swallow was a grapefruit.
She only ate in summer,3 tons of food per day
And a girl must think of her figure after all
Which was why she only visited fish, veg, fruit aisles

She was bursting with excitement,
Positively drooling, with her tongue the weight of an elephant
And her heart the size of your average family car

When the insurers entered the premises,
They noted the fridges emptied of salmon, pollock
And seaweed, and the curious fact that sea-oil products
Had been consumed, enough to loosen the bowels
Of 3,000 consumers. Blue whale sailed into the deeps
On a definite high, topped up with 10 gallons of rum

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