March for Whale Freedom

We gather from all over
loosely connected through facebook
we are not all activists
many of us have never marched before
nobody knows what to chant
we are a little shy
hiding behind our placards
Lucy hands the megaphone to Will
who cries 'One planet, one ocean'
as we pass Trafalgar Square
and I realize the whale is a sangraal
we are exercising our own freedom to care
when our protected freedoms
are being trampled by rogue fishers
our pirate ship impounded
that was cutting the nets
our faces photographed by tourists
but everyone likes whales