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Chapter 132: The Symphony

Remember.
Remember.
Remember when I was a boy?
I was a boy.
I was a boy.
I was a boy when I first killed a whale.

For forty…
For forty…
For forty years I fought the…
I fought the…
I fought the…
I fought the dark portentous…

Here's a motion,
A decision
Of devotion.
It's a choice,
But here am I blind:
How do I know it's mine?

And now I…
And now I…
And now I weep into the sea.
The sea has…
The sea has…
The sea has finally felt the soul of me.

Who makes the…
Who makes the…
Who makes the hunter kill the lamb?
The lamb is…
The lamb is…
The lamb is never peaceful but apprised.

Here's a motion,
A decision
Of devotion.
It's a choice,
But here am I blind:
How do I know it's mine?

I was a boy.
I was a boy.
I was a boy when I first killed a whale.

© 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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