Uncle History and Moby Dick

Uncle history’s favorite book
Is Moby Dick
He understands
Nature is the father
Of everything
And also the undertaker—
Rise into the light
Sink back to the depths
The song is the same
He knows
You can’t get around this
Like Melville
He understands
True places
Are never on the map
Lands where
You’re birthed
Then eaten alive

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