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Antimanifesto
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74 Antimanifesto No woman’s poem diminishes me. The men’s poems I’ll take One at a time. No poem ever took the space Meant for another poem. No poem ever Forced me to listen. There’s no theory I wouldn’t surrender for a line, no line I wouldn’t cast out for a nibble. I’ve never Believed in art or its purity. I would believe If believing wrote a poem. What good Would it do me to insist? The world is Its own machine. The world turns And turns again, and then the world decides. ...