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THE BASIC CON BY LEW WELCH (1926-1971)
Those who can't find anything to live for
always invent something to die for.
Then they want the rest of us to
die for it, too.
Editor's Note: For more of Lew Welch's poems, enjoy "Ring of Bone: Collected Poems 1950-1971," edited by Donald M. Allen