You who are reading - that would be me in this instance - that reader is summoned to pay witness to mortality - the poet's mortality. I'm reminded of Omar Khayyam's references to his own death: WHEN YOU LOOK AMONG THE GUESTS STAR-SCATTERED ON THE LAWN, YOU WILL LOOK FOR ME IN VAIN.
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You who are reading - that would be me in this instance - that reader is summoned to pay witness to mortality - the poet's mortality. I'm reminded of Omar Khayyam's references to his own death: WHEN YOU LOOK AMONG THE GUESTS STAR-SCATTERED ON THE LAWN, YOU WILL LOOK FOR ME IN VAIN.