I've been plowing this field for 45 years

and they still treat me like a boy


if you want the fake immortality

of a place in their pantheon


then go ahead and sell yourself out


what endures endures


by other means than the acclaim

of ignoramuses


500 years from now

(if the earth is still here in any recognizable form)


they may still be reading about

the Twice-Poisoned Dog


but have no idea who I am...




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