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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