Poëzie is hoogdravende onzin, vond Wout Waanders toen hij jong en recalcitrant was. En wat werd zijn beroep? Dichter! Maar ...

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While it seems like Styles was speaking in a somewhat metaphorical sense, if he was being literal he could have been ...