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Original poem reprinted online here: "Stuck at the Beginning" by Hal Sirowitz Originally read: February 2, 2013 More information about the Poet: Hal Sirowitz I find this poem humorous because on one hand the poem mocks epigraphs or maybe old Greek Philosophy or maybe both. So the philosophical quote, "The beginning of a circle is also its end" has some serious thinking power behind the thought.  Once someone enters a circle, there's no end.  Kind of an allegory of a vicious cycle that, in general, is used to prove points like, "karma," or "history repeats itself." But the inclusion of the translator foreshadows a sense of the absurd.  Wouldn't it be good enough to just say the quote is by Herakleitos?  The inclusion of the translator shows a sense of specificity which (circularly) goes with the contents of the poem. Past me wrote, "Funny advice, but poignant.  You can't start something if you 'cant' (verses) wont, or don...