Don't Fear Freedom

I bought this poem off a guy selling it on the street, along with his own self-bound novel (which is pretty much unreadable, but I bought a copy anyway...gotta admire the guy's effort...)
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The great ones of any age
have done one thing
that we know them by,
that we admire and envy
and that we are afraid of ourselves:
Whatever they wanted.

They have said whatever they wanted,
walked wherever they wanted,
seen whatever they wanted,
love however they wanted,
killed whomever they wanted,
and died whenever they wanted.

They've never given a rat's ass
for what you've seen heard been told tell
feel or think that they should do.

They'll even trick you
so that you can't move into their tower.

It's lonely at the top.
There's only room for one.
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I understand why the guy has no publisher. ;o)