I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away”.
-Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Thank you for this. I can’t stop laughing. This dedication is perfect.
That rock wall reminds me of the stonehenge in Spinal Tap in a perverse way…
And Evan, I agree with the “don’t buy spinners when you’re on food stamps.” I couldn’t put it better myself. I haven’t been to the new rec center and I’m not sure if I can bring myself to go.
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