1 Listen, everyone, listen— earth-dwellers, don't miss this.
2 and have-nots, All together now: listen.
3 my heart-seasoned understandings of life.
4 I solve life's riddle with the help of a harp.
5 hemmed in by enemy malice,
6 demeaned by the arrogant rich?
7 pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.
8 and even then it doesn't guarantee
9 against the Black Hole.
10 wiped out right along with fools and dunces.
11 move into their new home, The Coffin, The cemetery their permanent address. And to think they named counties after themselves!
12 Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.
13 who only look out for themselves:
14 they disappear down the gullet of the grave; They waste away to nothing— nothing left but a marker in a cemetery.
15 he reaches down and grabs me.
16 and pile up fame and fortune.
17 fame and fortune all get left behind.
18 and folks praise them because they've made good,
19 where they'll never see sunshine again.
20 Like our dogs, we age and weaken. And die.
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