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"I'm sixty-eight" he said, "I first bucked hat when I was seventeen. I thought that day, I started, I sure would hate to do this all my life. And dammit, that's just what I've gone and done." -Gary Snyder.
That is fine.
Lord, GC!, you are (no joking) a bard beyond all bards. Even when not creating the line (Shelly, Wordswoth, Blake, et. al.,), you find its application.