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His unabashed and drivingly musical poems are a call against repression, a rebuke of cultural norms and shame, and a celebration of human authenticity--even if to live under such philosophies is dangerous. In \"Today I Love Being Alive,\" we find the poet naked in his kitchen, eating a banana and obsessed with a new lover, declaring \"I don't care about being remembered. \/ I care about . . . Strong men. Beautiful sentences. 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