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  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  WORMS'-:MEAT:,  n.  The  finished  product  of  which  we  are  the  raw 
  material.  The  contents  of  the  Taj  Mahal,  the  Tombeau  Napoleon  and  the 
  Granitarium  Worms'-meat  is  usually  outlasted  by  the  structure  that 
  houses  it  but  "this  too  must  pass  away."  Probably  the  silliest  work 
  in  which  a  human  being  can  engage  is  construction  of  a  tomb  for 
  himself.  The  solemn  purpose  cannot  dignify,  but  only  accentuates  by 
  contrast  the  foreknown  futility. 
 
  Ambitious  fool!  so  mad  to  be  a  show! 
  How  profitless  the  labor  you  bestow 
  Upon  a  dwelling  whose  magnificence 
  The  tenant  neither  can  admire  nor  know 
 
  Build  deep,  build  high,  build  massive  as  you  can, 
  The  wanton  grass-roots  will  defeat  the  plan 
  By  shouldering  asunder  all  the  stones 
  In  what  to  you  would  be  a  moment's  span. 
 
  Time  to  the  dead  so  all  unreckoned  flies 
  That  when  your  marble  is  all  dust,  arise, 
  If  wakened,  stretch  your  limbs  and  yawn  -- 
  You'll  think  you  scarcely  can  have  closed  your  eyes. 
 
  What  though  of  all  man's  works  your  tomb  alone 
  Should  stand  till  Time  himself  be  overthrown? 
  Would  it  advantage  you  to  dwell  therein 
  Forever  as  a  stain  upon  a  stone? 
  Joel  Huck 
 
 




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