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In this moment
When no gold
Is displayed
Only lead
And tin cans
Dumped on the sidewalk
And I walk outside
Buttoning my pants
And tucking in my shirt
The matter is
Skeletally clear
That not only will I one day
Disappear
But no one that I know is
Working toward
The goal.

Irwin R. Shaw - March 30th 1981