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Chapter 99: The Doubloon

A thing yet precious in itself,
Stamped with the symbols of a collective memory,
And then stamped again, each eyes
Create reflections in the ridges, shaped alike.

And a man can filter text through any text,
And a man himself is text filtering text.
Come along and write the world with me!
You make me precious, and I make you precious.

I look, you look, he looks; we look,
Ye look, they look are crazy as a thing can be.
And we recognize these truths,
And yet oblige the process, meaning be the rule.

And a man can filter text through any text,
And a man himself is text, filtering text.
Come along and write the world with me!
You make me precious, and I make you precious.

A thing yet precious in itself,
A purpose at the center of our waning lives,
It's a story that we make --
Unscrew the navel and will everything unwind?

And a man can filter text through any text,
And a man is but a text filtering text:
Come along and write the world with me!
You make me precious, and I make you precious.

© and ℗ 2010 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 4, released January 1, 2010

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Patrick Shea Brooklyn, New York

Patrick is a nerd, a book lover, a math afficianado, an Ishmael, and an Ahab. He lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters. He grew up in Portland, OR; and has also lived in Grinnell, IA (for college); and Austin, TX.

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