Shadows

Poem

Call Ishmael what you will,
Ishmael knew:
Shadows were real.

Ishmael survived.
I died
With no shadow
Developed by the sun.

I stood—Fedallah
In the shadow of Ahab,
Wicked King,
And covered my eyes.

About the author(s)

Dianna M. Black is a graduate student in English at Brigham Young University.

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