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Beg Pardon

Forgive my

Braggadocio,

But I am so

Very alive,

I’m alive, I 

Still live, and

This I swear.  But
Are you there?
Nope, you’re

Not. Because
You, my dear
Crew, chose

To vanish
When I
Was but

At the butt 

End of my rope.
And now that

I’ve climbed
Over half
The way

Back, I
Just wanted
To say

Go away,
Don’t come
Back, and

How utterly
Worthless
You turned

Out to be,
What a lousy
Investment

On which to 

Spend energy,
Years and years

And years of it,
Indeed, and

For such a lot

Of feckless
And sketchy
Vulgarians who’d

Seemingly exist, and

With such presence,
Such Oscar-worthy

Commitment,
Such earnest
Companions

Who’d each
And all turn
Into such

Glaring
Flakes
And just

Melted
Away
As I found

Myself quite
At the end of
My rope, not

A clue what
To do, no
Semblance

Of hope.
Well now
That I’m

Back, I’ve
Just one
Thing to

Say and
That’s
Please

Stay
Away
And

Not just
Indefinitely—
Definitely

Not—but
Rather
Forever,

At least,
If you please,
That’s infinity

And beyond
If there happens
To be one.

You seemed
Oh so earnest,
But yet the whole

Lot of you
Turned out
To be such a

Pitiful, horrible,
Repulsive crew,
And I mean it,

That’s it from
Me, That is,
To you.

And that’s it.
That’s all that
I wanted to

Say. That is,

At least
For today.