Death of the Authors

It seems there's far too little saneness
In this sad old book we've writ,
What the readers want is humour,
All they ever get is wit.
The public are depressed
But there's a way
We can make them happy-smiley —
Kill off the authors today.
Yes it's Death of the Authors today
Done out like a game of Cluedo
Which of these three writers will go first
In our game of textual judo?
Death of the Authors today
Club them down with a negative space
So that of this murder's origin
There's no trace.

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Stop Press... Author found dead in Barthes in Library Stop
Long Live the Text Beginnigan

The Ed's a duck
And the author's
Always already
Deady.