Death's Lament
Wʜᴀᴛ ɪs Dᴇᴀᴛʜ ʏᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟꜱ? ɴᴏɴᴇ ʙᴜᴛ I,
Lord have mercy on the modern world.
Wʜᴀᴛ ɪs Dᴇᴀᴛʜ ʏᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟs? ɴᴏɴᴇ ʙᴜᴛ I, I, ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟᴏɴɢ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴅᴀʏ Aɴᴅ ʜᴏᴡ ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰᴀsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴜʀs ꜰʟʏ, Aɴᴅ ɴᴏ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍʏ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴅꜰᴜʟ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀs sᴛᴀʏ. Tʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ᴄᴀʀᴇʟᴇss ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘʟᴀʏ, Tʜᴇ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ᴇʟᴅᴇʀ ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ꜰᴇᴠᴇʀ’s ᴄʜɪʟʟ, Tʜᴇsᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜs I ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ, ᴘᴀɪɴs ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀᴡᴀʏ, Bᴜᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴅᴇᴇᴅs I ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡɪʟʟ. Wʜʏ ɢʟᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀsᴇʟꜰ ᴏɴ ꜰʟᴇsʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇs ɴᴏᴛ ꜰɪʟʟ Wʜʏ sᴇᴇᴋ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ: ᴋɴɪᴠᴇs ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇʏᴇs ᴛᴏ ʙʟɪɴᴅ? Wʜʏ sᴛʀɪᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅ sᴛᴀʙs ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴏᴜʟ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ? —I ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪs Dᴇᴀᴛʜ-Oꜰ-Mɪɴᴅ. Lᴏʀᴅ, ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴇᴠɪʟ ᴛʜɪɴɢs sʜᴀʟʟ ᴄᴇᴀsᴇ, Mʏ ʟᴀʙᴏʀs ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ɪɴ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ.
GNU Terry Pratchett.