Before B.C., beyond A.D.,
the only being would be me.
Above the best, below the least,
I make the famine and the feast.
Seek everywhere and round about
in every place, without a doubt,
there is no space where I am not.
That is my fate, such is my lot.

Don Nigroni is a retired labor economist and volunteer Weed Warrior at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge.