AFTER US . . THE DELUGE
(Apres nous deluge.)
You good old pals, you who went out to break
With tight clenched fists, defiance in your hearts,
You who for men a new paradise would make
To you I sing before I leave these parts . . .
My own defiance chilled with rains of time
And rust has sealed in one, my sheathe and sword,
I know a brutal, singing crew of crime,
And I love with all my heart this reckless horde.
My friends each day live for their appetites,
To sink tomorrow to privations way.
At night they raise their heads and each recites
“Diem Perdidi” . . . I have lost a day . . .
With godly owe they do not kiss a girl . .
And fertile females their interest don't claim . .
In night cafes, mid squallid smoky whirl
They are the knights of dames of doubtful fame . . .
I have as friends extravagent old men,
We’ll gladly give our all its last refuge . . .
Weflauntredrosesinourhair . . and then . .
When we are gone . . “after us, the deluge . .”
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1929 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice. The longest-living author of this work died in 1987, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 36 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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