Metaphor

Here is the epitaph that Benjamin Franklin wrote for himself in 1728. It was saved and used even though he didn’t die until 1790:

The Body
Of
Benjamin Franklin
Printer
(Like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out
And stripped of its lettering and gilding)
Lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be lost.
For it will (as he believes) appear once more
In a new and more elegant edition
Revised and corrected
by
The Author.