The Brittle Quill
With brittle quill the page is torn
No longer words of passion born
The poet slowly wilts and dies
Lays down his pen and softly sighs
Like petals of an aging flower
That withers more from hour to hour
In mourning of creative death
Eloquence draws its final breath
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