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The "End Poem" is a text-based message written by Julian Gough that appears after the player travels to the End and kills the Ender Dragon, "beating" Minecraft. Upon the Ender Dragon's death, an End Portal appears in the End which allows them to travel back to the Overworld safely. The very first time they use this portal, however, the following message is shown to them.

Notch has stated that Gough's short story The iHole convinced him that Gough was the right person to write the End Poem.