stackyFACTSBreaking the rigid rules of grammar requires forming an intimate emotional bond with a machine. E.E. Cummings didn't just type his weirdly formatted poems; he basically viewed his typewriter as an artistic collaborator, deliberately using the mechanical spacing to dictate his poetic flow.
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