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The Specksynder

from Call Me Ishmael; volume 1 by Patrick Shea

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Chapter 33: The Specksynder

The bigger the pomp, the lesser the leader --
Compensatory trappings, you know?
An officer's supremacy
Is idiot supremacy, whoa!

The harpooneer gets to sleep by the captain,
But he's not called an officer, no!
He's just set apart
So the men will heed his art.

On a whaling ship, there's a shared interest --
You see, we're all working,
And there is no rank
'Til a whale is on the planks
'Cause men are men alike in reason.

Oh, oh Ahab, you're the truth,
'Cause you never play the emperor
But you still stand apart.
What shall be
Grand in thee
Must needs be plucked at
From the skies, and dived for in the deep!

© and ℗ 2009 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 1, released January 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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