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Chapter 15: Chowder

Hold, my friend, lest the chowder relent!
Call to the kitchen for another bowl of this remedy
For pessimism!

I saw the world with an ominous bent,
Until such time as my gullet could vent the sweet relief,
This precious steaming.

Arrived today with a curious sway --
Nantucket does boast of The Try-Pots, with it's savory brine
Bubbling all the time.

But what sweet things at the gallows of hell,
To lift my soul from its habit of feeling old delights
With fearful leanings.

The sweetest clams you've ever tasted in your life,
Touched with salt-pork in a bubbly broth of paradise!

I count myself in a fortunate bed,
Touched in the stomach but not in the head, to pleasantly
Await the morrow.

The landlady asked what to put in my dish
To break my fast, with the heartiest wish to satisfy,
I'm doubly now enticed.

The sweetest clams you've ever tasted in your life,
Touched with salt-pork in a bubbly broth of paradise!

(c) and (p) 2009 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 6, released November 6, 2011

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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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