The poem said "Do not write me here
Towards the end of your notebook;
Start a new one. Who knows
How long I'll be or how many versions
It will take before we're done? Perhaps
Characters you've been ignoring for years
Will demand to be included. Will you make
The Duke's nephew and the Statue of Liberty
Set up camp in Godzilla's shadow? Suppose
Your brother shows up with an iceberg
Or the Hindenburg or both of them
And Rube Goldberg too, who decides
To use your other poems for spare parts?
Trust me; I intend to be long and
Extremely magnificent. Find the silver pen
They gave you when you retired; buy a book
Of cream-colored pages from Tomoe River
I'll wait here. Perhaps. Don't be too long."
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