Poets do not write truth. Poets do not reveal truth. Poets manufacture truth.
Most poets probably hope this manufactured truth comes close to the actual truth, or perhaps even so closely mimics authentic truth it becomes indistinguishable from authentic truth to the casual observer, but it is not truth at all. It is nothing more than dressed up fiction. Poets may indeed want what they manufacture to become real truth, but that is a folly each and every poet buys into on day one. All poets are busy creating a mythology hoping it will some day be classified as religion.
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