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"Call me Ishmael..." Holy sea, holy sea! Reading Herman Melville's "Moby **** at Caribbean Sea I'm reliving his ocean reveries— Those mystical vibrations This magnetic virtue of the ship Last night's circumambulation Today's balmy afternoon A meditation or dream Leading us to nowhere But the phantom life of the sea We become free to drown In our own mesmerizing images Like Narcissus did Or like that fellow Ishmael Abandon all the respectable Toils, trials, and tribulations Jump on a sail To catch white whales
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Jan 27, 2016
Jan 27, 2016 at 6:17 PM UTC
"Call me Ishmael..."
"Call me Ishmael..." Holy sea, holy sea! Reading Herman Melville's "Moby **** at Caribbean Sea I'm reliving his ocean reveries— Those mystical vibrations This magnetic virtue of the ship Last night's circumambulation Today's balmy afternoon A meditation or dream Leading us to nowhere But the phantom life of the sea We become free to drown In our own mesmerizing images Like Narcissus did Or like that fellow Ishmael Abandon all the respectable Toils, trials, and tribulations Jump on a sail To catch white whales
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Jan 27, 2016
Jan 27, 2016 at 6:17 PM UTC
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