A day will be when we will be forgot--
Not just you and me but Caesar, Genghis Khan,
And Hitler, too. This, long before the sun,
Red Giant, melts all flesh, consumes the dot
That was our home and grave. The darkest stains
On history’s page will fade sure as papers
Curl, books burn, and nitrates in celluloid
Explode. Even the bytes degrade, I’m told.
No careful crafted rhyme ensures your cheek,
So cool, will live again once all scholars
Of the ancient tongues expire without heir.
Only the past we etch forever here.
Then with fire, fury, fill this transient be,
Lest gone too soon, it wants eternally.
c 2005
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