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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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- Galway Kinnell
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