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Chapter 86: The Tail

Fishes and worms, wriggle at my feet;
Never the whale, oh no!,
His body won't allow a gesture meek --
And wriggling means you're weak!
Wriggling means you're weak!

Think of the greatest forms of beauty that we seek;
Marbles of demigods --
Hercules, shaped to the last oblique!
Strength and beauty meet!
Strength and beauty meet!

And, hey, what's the difference?
With no lost significance
You turn the implications meant
Into the world's disease,
And its betterment?:
Your social ease.

God in the Sistene seems a Minotaur of Crete
Next the the Christ, his son,
Always painted just a tad effete --
The beauty's in His speech!
The beauty's in His speech!

So take a cue, my child, watching from your seat,
Letting the world sink in
Before you stand to act or stand to preach --
Wriggling means you're weak!
Wriggling means you're weak!

(c) and (p) 2010 Patrick Shea

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from Call Me Ishmael; volume 7, released December 2, 2011

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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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