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Our contempt for any particular poem must be perfect, be total, because only a ruthless reading that allows us to measure the gap between the actual and the virtual will enable to to experience, if not a genuine poem__o such thing__ place for the genuine, whatever that might mean.
Ben Lerner The Hatred of Poetry
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Our contempt for any particular poem must be perfect, be total, because only a ruthless reading that allows us to measure the gap between the actual and the virtual will enable to to experience, if not a genuine poem__o such thing__ place for the genuine, whatever that might mean.

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