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Chapter 24: The Advocate

Listen here, I've had enough of this shit,
Saying whaling is only for scoundrels (What?),
That it's a dirty (Huh?), filthy (Who?), job for the base (Uh-uh!),
That we're barbarian butchers at sea.

Tell me now of those soldiers you host
In the highest company (Uh, uh!).
They're the bloodiest butchers you'll ever meet
But they'd buckle at the sight of a fanning tail (Oooh!).

For what are the terrors of man,
Compared to the terrors of beasts?

Our whaling ships are at the edge of the world
Bringing peace and information (Uh-huh!).
We're diplomatic, democratic, and we spread it around;
We've liberated colonies!

They say that whaling's not respectable,
Although the English call whales "a royal fish."
But they insist (uh!), persist (uh!), they never let up (uh-uh!)
Saying there's no good blood in our veins! (Say what?)
They say there's no good blood in our veins! (Nuh-uh!)
They say there's no good blood in our veins!

(Haven't they heard of Benjamin Franklin,
Democratizer, father of nations?
His grandmother, a woman of whaling,
The matriarch sent her family a-sailing!)

I know . . . I know . . . I don't understand it.
Maybe they're just scared:

For what are the terrors of man,
Compared to the terrors of beasts?

We make the world light up!

© and ℗ 2009 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 3, released September 1, 2009

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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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