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Chapter 114: The Gilder

Narrator:
On and on,
The great golden sun
Gilds the vales and the hills like the heavens.

And on and on,
The sea rolls anon
How the grass in fields dip and leaven.

Ahab:
But 'round and around and around,
Our fortunes come tumbling down
Then raise to the peak of a crown,
Like the sea.

As cold is decayed from the warm,
The blessings come crossed by a storm
And orphan our floundering forms
In the sea.

Ahab's men:
Oh, give us a captain of woe
And we'll row and we'll row and we'll row,
And we'll face a magnificent foe
Such as He!

Starbuck and Stubb:
The sea coaxes me
To always believe
In the meadows
Of my old-fashioned home,
Like the gelding
Stretched in full gallop on.

(c) and (p) 2010 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 8, released June 22, 2012

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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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