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The Cabin​-​Table

from Call Me Ishmael; volume 3 by Patrick Shea

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Chapter 34: The Cabin-Table

Dinner, Mr. Starbuck.
Dinner, Mr. Stubb.
Dinner, Mr. Flask.
Yeah!

Gather 'round the table,
One and then the next --
Children at the altar,
Blessed!

We must be polite
To the lord of our dinner time --
A social emperor in his throne!

He sets the tone --
We're everyday guests in Ahab's home.
Alas, I'll always be a butterless man!

Three bites of salt beef,
Stubb begins to stir --
Time for me to leave now,
Still hungry.

Farewell Flask,
Farewell Stubb,
Farewell Starbuck.
Doughboy set it up for our harpooneers.

Doughboy! Doughboy! Beef, Doughboy!

There once was a Doughboy, fat and tender,
He made a grave mistake!
He didn't feed his cannibals,
And his cannibals . . . ate him.

We must be polite
To the lord of our dinner time!
A social emperor in his throne.

He sets the tone --
We're everyday guests in Ahab's home.
Alas, I'll always be a butterless man!

Time for me to leave now,
Still hungry!

© 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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