Everything about the cove
at Taiji sickened me
those bloody Japanese fishermen
their injustice all could see
mischevious and injurious
iniquitous and sad
a crime against the goddess
We watched them it was bad
we need recriminations
carping niggling cries
one after another these beautiful souls
it just mystifies
the angels all about us
castigated they
were broken slashed and tearful
at the butt end of the day
a dishonesty a racket
to set before a king
ignoble and intriguing
what this all did bring
was torture and great suffering
and their innards they did sling
all crushed up and in the ocean
No more would they sing.
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.