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[yuuago]

So I found myself thinking that I should read more poetry. Because my writing is at its best when I'm regularly reading poetry.

The problem is that I don't actually enjoy most poetry. In most cases I can find myself appreciating it from a technical point of view at best, but the vast majority of stuff I pick up leaves me completely cold.

But I should probably read more of it. For, like, skills reasons.

This thought came to me while I was eating some beets. My doctor has informed me that I should eat more beets for health reasons. Like, beets specifically, above all other vegetables. And so, I am dutifully eating more beets in more things, even though I don't actually want to eat them that often.

I feel like there are some parallels here.

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[conuly]

I don't know if this applies to poetry, per se, but I learned to like both green bell peppers and then eggplant by simply refusing to dislike them and going out of my way to eat them at every occasion. It took a few months, but apparently, you can power your way through out of food dislikes.

Though I'd also suggest cooking the beets in coconut milk.