The Lost Generation dwells in Limbo,
But one member lays six circles lower:
Ernest Hemingway shotgunned his own face.
Unlike other suiciders in Hell,
Hemingway is not just a simple bush.
He’s a tree with personal lumberjacks.
Jake Barnes, Robert Jordan, Santiago,
And Frederick Henry (1) all have chainsaws,
Hacking branches and cutting into bark.
He bleeds searing acid onto himself
And re-grows lost limbs and his gaping trunk,
As his body is turned into splinters.
Hatefully, his own offspring punish him,
Returning the pain they had in paper
Which was derived from his life before Hell.
Old man Santiago saw me watching
And gave me a box of matches to help
The deforestation of Hemingway.
We heard his abusers piss out the flames
As we left the Seventh circle of Hell.
Footnotes:
1. These characters are the male protagonists from Hemingway's most popular novels: The Sun Also Rises, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea, and A Farewell to Arms
My question was: Is there an original manuscript of Dante’s Divine Comedy since the printing press was yet to be invented (1440)?
Answer according to Wikipedia: There are no original manuscripts of the Divine Comedy left, but there are many manuscript copies that were made in the 14th and 15th century.
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