ain't he a genius?

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see the lady, smiles as if to tell, her son remembers everyone, treats 'em all quite well, he never asked for promises, and now his fame is wide, and everyone who knew him well shares a little pride, ain't he a genius?, the boy's become a star, and he smiles upon the faces, who wish they could go far, not long ago they criticized, the genius only wrote, and now they listen spellbound, with lumps caught in their throats, his virtue was sheer poverty, his vice was reading plays, while other children starved and fought, he learned just what to say, through tension and confession, he beat the monster down, then surfaced in society no longer underground, now they remember, talk only of his good, while jealousy flows in their veins, and says i wish i could, ain't he a genius?