“Terminator Too” by Tom Clark—
Poetry, Wordsworth
wrote, will have no
easy time of it when
the discriminatingpowers of the mind
are so blunted that
all voluntary
exertion dies, andthe general
public is reduced
to a state of near
savage torpor, morose,stuporous, with
no attention span
whatsoever; nor will
the tranquil rustlingof the lyric, drowned out
by the heavy, dull
coagulation
of persons in cities,where a uniformity
of occupations breeds
cravings for sensation
which hourly visualcommunication of
instant intelligence
gratifies like crazy,
likely survive this age.
Not just poetry
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Here is the source of the Wordsworth quote:
http://www.bartleby.com/39/36.html
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