nothing i regard with importance
to nothing that i am now a slave
gold i seek not, women i care not
triumph i prize not, kings too stir me not
collapse frightens me not, nor poverty
wealth and lust keep aging with time
leading, sure, to death before i die
teaching me i last longer than these
even eternity is beyond me to grasp
and i crave not for that nonentity
myself is, indeed, only lees and scum
and it’s not worth that careful caring
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