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A short poem about the death of high culture.
                                                                  What have they done to you?

                                                                  Oh Culture, how I miss thee

                                                        The thought of you being a relic of the past

                                                                Makes all flags fly at half mast



                                                        The Notions of Vespucci, Abati and Alamanni

                                        Are now lost in the light of certain people from the shores of Jersey

                                                            I can no longer respect the views of Homer

                                                                      For he is now a Simpson

                                                Our opinions are dictated by those Anderson Coopers

                                                              Whom they view as the neo-Luthers



                                      Where are the Larkins, the Walcotts and the Atwoods of years gone by?

                                                              Are we all doomed in ignorance to die?

                                                                Will someone develop a social theory,

                                                                      About that latest Call of Duty?

                                                                        What has come over us?

                                                                  Will our knowledge turn to dust?



                                                                      I stand here by your grave

                                                          Wondering: “Where did it all go wrong?”

                                              Was it the hippies, the video games or the school boards?

                                                                            I stand here in awe

                                              Speechless at the intellectual rape they put you through

                                                                        Oh, do I ever mourn you

                                                As those scholars, glaring at your coffin, rightfully do.



                                                                                Maybe one day

                                                                              Like Christ himself

                                                                      You shall return from the dead

                                                                        Release us from this dread.

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