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A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation."

Stephen Crane

Obligation

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In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
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I said, “Is it good, friend?”
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