An interesting poem. I'm not 100% sure what it's about, and perhaps that's partly why it seems so ominous. I gather that someone did learn fear when they were digging in the dung, but later became immune to it. I suppose it's fear of death. The last line, however, is worded in a rather unfortunate way especially in view of the two lines that come before it, and consequently it almost looks like there's some really dark stuff going on here.
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