Ahab was a whale. Who became a bird. A singsong hatred that drained the oceans. And took flight over the leas. The moon was a pedestrian. Who became a rucksack. Logged all the throes: a genius of throes: and covered in tattoos of all the famous mountain ranges of America. Gregory Peck was an actor. Who became Ahab. A cinema of life and a trilogy of moons. Above our heads we heard the longing step across the sky, wooden leg and all. In a flight that resembles a parade. In which all the children sport mountain-colored mustaches and wingspans of verse.
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naïve haircuts 
Mountain colored mustaches 🙂
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Haha. Thanks!!
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Great poem. I like the idea that Ahab was a whale and that Gregory Peck became Ahab . . .
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Thanks, Diana. I recently watch Moby Dick with Gregory Peck.
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I love the playfulness of this one; the title is arresting —
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Thanks John. I recently watch Moby Dick with Gregory Peck.
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great movie: saw it decades ago —
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My fist time seeing it. It was pretty good. I enjoyed it.
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The cool descriptions. I would love to be in your brain for a while.
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Thanks Ezekiel. That’s much appreciated.
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Beautiful poem 💞
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Thank you so much!!
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I like this – really gets the brain juice flowing!
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Thanks!!
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This is fun…! I’ve been reading it multiple times and it gets better each time.
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Thanks Steve. I’ve Moby Dick several times. But this week was the first time I watched the old movie. It was pretty good.
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I really enjoyed this poem. I love the novel imaegery and the way the various images flow seamlessly into one another. And “mountain-colored mustaches” is great. Well done, Bob!
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Thank you!
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Good work. “Logged all the throes”: I found that arresting. So, recorded in the ship’s log all the spasms, all the violent struggles. Now I’m wondering what those were. Sudden memory of the movie: Queequeg coming to Ishmael’s defense…
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The unconscious is funny. I didn’t put the logged all the throes line in Ishmael’s hands. Looking back, it seems almost evident. I guess a lot of the times the unconscious knows more then our conscious minds. Thanks!
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