This chapter's epigraph comes from a poem by a famous poet, Henry David Thoreau. The poem is about a young man who is being bullied by an old man. The old man treats the young man as if he were a "free labor" . The young man feels that the old man is treating him like a slave. He feels that he is being "bamboozled" by this old man, who treats him as though he is nothing but a "bouncing beast." The poem ends with the poem's title: "Chop d / mmit / Why do i feel so bad?" The poem begins with the young poet complaining about the treatment he has received at the hands of the old master. He complains that he feels like he is bamboozled by the master because he treats him "like free labor." He complains about the fact that the master treats him like an "old man." The young poet feels that this old master is "treating us like free labour" , and he complains about how he treats the two young men. He says that he does not care what the master does, as long as the young men become strong, he will continue to treat them as if they were free labor. He tells the young poets to chop off their beards and chop the beards of the two old men. The two old masters, he says, are "binging" and that they are being treated like "free labour." He tells them to "slice