Footnotes

I want to see the footnotes
From every statement that
Oozes with the conviction 
Of a million years of history
Maybe even billions
That naturally result
In the conviction that
You’re leaking on my
Trousers; I believe I
Must demand to know
Where this miserable
Stuff is coming from
And don’t you dare
Claim that your traditions
Require you to throw it
All into endnotes
Bibliographically
Unacceptable