A poet and a philosopher discuss the difficulty of publishing poems in an age when the public's desire for poetry is declining. The philosopher advises the poet to write sensational prose in order to make a living out of writing; in response the poet claims that he can never write such bad literature, steals money from the philosopher, and disappears.
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