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The Grand Armada

from Call Me Ishmael; volume 2 by Patrick Shea

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Chapter 87: The Grand Armada

The center of the tempest,
A situated bastion, a nursery.
It's an internal escape
From the great colonial rape,
Cunning and relentless.

A league of opposition,
The grand armada, frightened and meek,
As a herd of buffalo,
From a horseman charged alone,
Scatters into ashes.

So piracy --
We're rising up
Between the spaces
Of formality,

And, lo,
We're coming to
Our own conclusions . . .
Death before hegemony!

The murder of cohesion,
Confusion in the waters, a panicking.
Resist the very sun,
That never needs to rest --
They'll get you while you're breathing.

Resist the very sun,
That never needs to rest --
They'll get you while you're breathing.

© and ℗ 2009 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 2, released April 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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