Is this an old friend or a new?

From beyond the curve of the earth
a whale spout erupts
and a great whale dives
into the deep

Like a fingerprint
those magnificent flukes
reveal a secret
into the life of this whale

Our rorqual registry
says this bubble magician
is making a debut
into our data base
(and into our hearts)

Spinning a bubble net
off starboard bow
This table is set
for a baleen whale banquet

“Peril” Strait is kind today
for both watchers and the whale
As our journey continues
our new friend disappears
back into deep

In our rorqual registery
Reveal the secret
identity
Like a finger print

Reveal

We anxiously await
Is it an old friend,
or a new

The ancestral feeding grounds
Of the humpback whale

Each summer