"Monstrous behavior is the order of the day. I'll tell you when to be shocked. When something human and decent happens!"

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The kind of poetry that interests me is intellectual and moral and political and sexual and sensual - all of that fermenting together. It can speak to people who have themselves felt like monsters and say: you are not alone, this is not monstrous. It can disturb and enrapture.

— Adrienne Rich