portions from the self-interview

q: so you think poetry can save the world?

a: no. too much is given to the therapeutic powers of art in this culture. poetry might not save the culture, but to paraphrase brodsky, we exist in language, therefore poetry might indeed save a life. poetry mustn't need be about 'goodness' or 'badness' for it to exist in its own plane. it must exist without relying on having to be, by necessity, about anything.

the precise action of passive words.