written by PAUL T. CORRIGAN

Ahab runs loose
   The pirates chase Ahab
The gods chase Ahab
      The whale chases Ahab
              Ahab chases Ahab 
   But I say unto you
Yea, yea, the rope 
   Beware
Flying specter of the sea
       The rope chases Ahab

   While Ahab runs 
      Loose, loose— 

Originally appeared in SKR 5.3