Build, we may, Skyscrapers still incredible;

Make, we may, monuments, superb, splendid;

Write, we may, manuscripts, more indelible;

Sculpt, we may, statues more, less insipid.

Found, we may empires, umpteen, vast, great;        

Tell, we may stories, that all love to hear;

Reign, we may like Kings unsurpassed, till date;

Do, we may great things, unheard by man's ear.

The glory of our earthly gains shall pass;

The splendor of man's achievements last short;

The mightiest of earthlings dies, Alas!

 Man's grandeur some day surely shall abort.

      Man's art may live for longer time than life;

      But continues mankind thus, despite strife!

 ~ Dr John Celes~

2-23-2002

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