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Epitaph (Free verse) by philn
If all the world's a stage
I made my entrance long ago
Into the middle class, downtrodden caste
That I have called my home.
Reared to love convention
And to hate all that is free
I have traded self-reliance
And embraced conformity
I sought six figure jobs
And I wed the richest wife
For without dollars, there's no sense
In living out this life
I hid well these bloodstained hands
Bitter as an unshed tear
And I have built myself a tower
Of ambition through the years
But Babel and my fortunes fell
One dark and dreary day
So I sought to sneak through heaven's gates
Stolen wings and evil ways
Now I black out this brief candle
My monologue is done
The curtain call, the exit
The breath of God is gone.
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