An anaesthetic is a poet-killer.

“Irony got dangerous when it became a habit. Wallace quoted Lewis Hyde…”Irony ha…”

“Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped …”

“But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but t…”

“Better to operate with detachment, then; better to have a way but infuse it wit…”