You have been taken down
           the first and only step in the learning process,
                  so even a raw beginner
like you is already skilled in every aspect
           of our craft. Your envies and temptations
                  at last are over. Who wore the best clothes?
Who had all the money? Who knew exactly
           where to go when there was nowhere to go?
                  Who could recite all five of the wrong names
of love by heart? Now, even if you tried
           as hard as you once knew how, you won’t have time
                   to think of any more answers. At one stroke
in the eyes of your only teacher you’ll achieve
           a comfortable failure
                   and be marked present, absent, and excused forever.