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+ars
+poetica
+what
+is
+poetry
+poetry
+is
+inasmuch
+as
+life
+is
+so
+is
+poetry
+here
+is
+the
+problem
+life
+is
+very
+big
+and
+complex
+human
+beings
+are
+neither
+we
+are
+small
+simple
+beings
+that
+don't
+want
+to
+know
+all
+of
+the
+myriad
+interactions
+happening
+all
+around
+us
+within
+us
+as
+a
+part
+of
+us
+all
+the
+hours
+of
+every
+day
+we
+much
+prefer
+knowing
+only
+that
+which
+is
+just
+in
+front
+of
+our
+faces
+staring
+us
+back
+with
+a
+look
+of
+utter
+contempt
+this
+is
+why
+many
+people
+are
+depressed
+poetry
+is
+an
+attempt
+made
+by
+some
+to
+open
+up
+our
+field
+of
+view
+to
+maybe
+check
+on
+something
+else
+that
+isn't
+staring
+us
+in
+the
+face
+so
+contemptibly
+maybe
+something
+else
+is
+smiling
+at
+us
+we
+think
+so
+we
+write
+poetry
+to
+force
+ourselves
+to
+look
+away
+from
+the
+mirror
+of
+our
+existence
+to
+see
+something
+else
+this
+is
+generally
+painful
+to
+make
+it
+less
+painful
+poetry
+compresses
+reality
+a
+lot
+to
+make
+it
+more
+consumable
+it
+takes
+life
+that
+seawater
+and
+boils
+it
+down
+and
+boils
+it
+down
+until
+only
+the
+salt
+remains
+the
+important
+parts
+that
+we
+can
+focus
+on
+and
+make
+some
+sense
+of
+the
+senselessness
+of
+life
+poetry
+is
+life
+bouillon
+and
+to
+thoroughly
+enjoy
+a
+poem
+we
+must
+put
+that
+bouillon
+back
+into
+the
+seawater
+of
+life
+and
+make
+a
+delicious
+soup
+out
+of
+it
+to
+make
+this
+soup
+to
+decompress
+the
+poem
+into
+an
+emotion
+or
+life
+requires
+a
+lot
+of
+brainpower
+a
+good
+reader
+will
+have
+this
+brainpower
+a
+good
+poem
+will
+not
+require
+it
+what
+this
+means
+is
+a
+poem
+should
+be
+self-extracting
+it
+should
+be
+a
+rare
+vanilla
+in
+the
+bottle
+waiting
+only
+for
+someone
+to
+open
+it
+and
+sniff
+it
+and
+suddenly
+there
+they
+are
+in
+the
+orchid
+that
+vanilla
+came
+from
+in
+the
+tropical
+land
+where
+it
+grew
+next
+to
+its
+brothers
+and
+sister
+vanilla
+plants
+they
+feel
+the
+pain
+of
+having
+their
+children
+taken
+from
+them
+a
+good
+poem
+leaves
+a
+feeling
+of
+loss
+and
+of
+intense
+beauty
+the
+reader
+does
+nothing
+to
+achieve
+this
+they
+are
+merely
+the
+receptacle
+of
+the
+feeling
+that
+the
+poem
+forces
+onto
+them
+in
+a
+way
+poetry
+is
+a
+crime
+but
+it
+is
+the
+most
+beautiful
+crime
+on
+this
+crime-ridden
+earth