from the 4.17.07 NY Times:<\/p>\n
His last book, in 2005, was a collection of biographical essays, \u201cA Man Without a Country.\u201d It, too, was a best seller.<\/p>\n
It concludes with a poem written by Mr. Vonnegut called \u201cRequiem,\u201d which has these closing lines:<\/p>\n
When the last living thing<\/p>\n
has died on account of us,<\/p>\n
how poetical it would be<\/p>\n
if Earth could say,<\/p>\n
in a voice floating up<\/p>\n
perhaps<\/p>\n
from the floor<\/p>\n
of the Grand Canyon,<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is done.\u201d<\/p>\n
People did not like it here.””<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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