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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. |
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We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. |
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And the human race is filled with passion. |
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And medicine, law, business, engineering, |
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These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. |
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But poetry, beauty, romance, love, |
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These are what we stay alive for. |
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To quote from Whitman |
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"O me! O life! |
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Of the questions of these recurring; |
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Of the endless trains of the faithless |
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Of cities filled with the foolish; |
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What good amid these, O me, O life?" |
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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. |
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We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. |
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And the human race is filled with passion. |
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And medicine, law, business, engineering, |
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These are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. |
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But poetry, |
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Beauty... |
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