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“Hitherto at least I have stood in the front ranks of
all that is progressive in Europe,
and here the new generation positively ignores me.”
Pyotr Miusov
in Part I, Book II, Chapter V of The Brothers Karamazov
Oh, let it go,
Miusov; we are the old men
We used to laugh
about when we were young
Though getting
old was not part of my master plan
I seem to have
grown old – and you did too
We attended
secret meetings and scribbled free verse
Whispered “What
is to be done?” to each other
Pitied the Proletariat
over our wine and cigars
And scorned our
elders – we thought ourselves clever
Yes, let it go,
Miusov; we are the old men
Left here remembering
what might have been
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