“Show me the place.”
Duke Senior
in As You Like It (2.1)
70: Nantucket Island, 2001
A voyage to Nantucket, where
I did some necessary work.
And Joyce came too—and, oh, that air
Was such a gratifying perk!
I’d read a book called Ahab’s Wife*—
Nantucket is a setting—key.
And all throughout my teaching life
I wished to go—to visit—see
The sites that I would talk about—
The settings writers had employed.
I wanted to erase all doubt—
Perhaps I am, well, paranoid?
I have to know—I cannot guess—
Or act as if I really know.
And so—to cancel such a mess
I realized that I must go!
*by Sena Jeter Naslund, 1999 (subtitle is The Star-Gazer)
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