Chinese poetry contest

Want to gain (temporary) fame? Impress your friends with your poetry skills! Just follow the following instructions:

The usual Chinese poem is four lines long. The first line introduces an idea. The second line further develops that idea. The third line introduces an entirely new idea, and the fourth line ties the two ideas together. For example:

Two daughters of a silk merchant live in Kyoto.
The elder is twenty, the younger, eighteen.
A solider may kill with his sword.
But these girls slay men with their eyes.

See? 'Tis easy! So here's the challenge: The following Chinese poem is missing the crucial fourth line. Write your own fourth line, following the instructions, and send it to our P.O. box (info below). The two best, funniest and deepest, will be printed in our next issue; the overall winner will win Living Colour's Stain. The runner-up will win something, maybe. Good luck!

An old vagrant dwells in Venice.
His life is difficult, full of hardship.
A rat may have no tail,
[Your neat-o creative line goes here]

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