She came to the Arctic on whaleback,
An untouched island, oft’ left of the map.
Every sunrise, she brought to the shore
222 crates of red-canned soda, placing black-dust in their core.
Every mild season, the whale completed his lap,
Bellowing greetings to the Arctic girl, who gave his island-head a pat.
One night as he came, she raised a light he’d never seen before.
Wrath and anger danced above and between all the frozen tranquil sea,
through the sleeping lands, cracks then tore.
“Farewell,” she said, “for I am war,”
The soda fizzled, then it popped.
Ice-cubes broke away, shattered and chopped,
Pain cracks the whale’s back, floods his heart with a sharp snap,
And for six long days, the shore shakes as the waves roar.