All these poems where it is merely the Poem that is in question - a whole
poetry with no other substance than itself! What would we say of a prayer
whose object was religion?
-- E.M. Cioran
It is always preferable to visit home with a friend. Your parents will
not be pleased with this plan, because they want you all to themselves and
because in the presence of your friend, they will have to act like mature
human beings....