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TESTAMENT: 23 by FRANCOIS VILLON

Poem Explanation

First Line: ALL OF THEM GONE AND I REMAIN
Last Line: A LACK OF CHANGE, A LENGTH OF DEBT
He's gone. And here I sit
In learning weak, poor in sense,
Berry-black, sad, out of it,
Without an income, cash, or rents.
My lowest relative. I'm sure.
Steps up to utter he will quit me,
Forgetting even though I'm poor
Nature decrees thar he admit me. ..




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