Too Great, Too Long

The great artist becomes his own cliché

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A star burned so bright that the embers stay

Trails left burnt in the mind

Groundbreaker, be they painter or songmaker

The ground you break becomes a crater.

Until all that remains is the old fool,

“I liked them way before it was cool.”

Whilst bigger fools look on in scorn

It’s unoriginal they’ll call

To the very soul of inspiration

Who started it all.