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The Monkey​-​rope

from Call Me Ishmael; volume 8 by Patrick Shea

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Chapter 72: The Monkey-rope

Cannibals, cutting spades, sharks snapping free,
All tossed in the sea
With Queequeg and me.

Great consternation aloft and between,
Begun at the scene
And taken to mean

That islands exist only in our dreams,
Not reality,
And Fate can't prevent a slip.

Think it insurance, the danger is spread
To many a head,
And thus was I wed.

A monkey-rope fashioned and tied to my belt,
And tied to his belt,
Security felt

By none and by all simultaneously,
Bonded famously.
We feel one another's slips.

Stubb instituted this perilous plot
To rally our lot,
Though moral or not,

Just as Aunt Charity's temperance would do,
Encouraging through
Restrictive milieu.

But false institutions never lent
To our betterment.
We're tied by the bonds of men
To defend
The one at the risk of ten.

(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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