From the Author of Tribune of The People (Coming Next), Dan Wallace Shares Epigone

Epigone (Greek, French)-- a less distinguished follower or imitator of someone, especially an artist or philosopher.

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Epigone

Hey man, I knew we’d never be as good

as the old man,

I knew we were epigones

But I never knew that we were that far gone,

way gone.

It goes like this:

You try, and you try,

you try, try try,

But nothing ever works out

the way you want,

the way you expect,

or are led to expect.

So, you just get by,

slide on by.

And the next one comes along

                a little dreamer,

who to invest

With what should have been,

                could have been,

done.

Now here’s your chance:

Don’t let happen

to the little dreamer

tip her off.

Tell all you know and what to do

no matter how it booms

hollow rimming the steel drum

of her mind.

When all is forgotten, when time is done,

you can recall the troops

of thoughts past and present

Manifest your self-knowing,

                tell them they’re not,

             then reach the epicenter of your being

gone again.