Death, thy victory,
Death, thy victory . . .
The rubber plant is free.
Thou sinister albatross.
(The rubber plant is free . . . .)
Death thy victory.
I count the nights, the sistrum sounds,
The hoopoe awaits me,
And the linden trees quiver.
~Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum
Ummm...yea.
Why not? As Julius Caeser said when crossing the Rubicon, "The die is cast."