For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot of practice to read poetry with pleasure. It's like learning to like asparagus.

Thomas M. Disch
For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull....
For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull....
For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull....
For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull....
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Since poetry is something that is not read much, it takes a special kind of training and a lot of practice to read poetry with pleasure. It's like learning to like asparagus. Asparagus is considered to be one of the more high-priced foods in the world. People who eat it tend to pay more for it than they would for most other foods.

One would think that people who eat asparagus would be surprised at how delicious it tastes. Yet, people who prefer eating asparagus do not tend to be surprised at this taste. They know that they like it and so they do not look with surprise when they taste it.

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