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And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and study his vomit as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval.

Delmore Schwartz
Morning, Poetry, Toads
Delmore Schwartz (1989). “Last & Lost Poems”, p.53, New Directions Publishing
And hence the poet must seek to be essentially anonymous, He must die a little death each morning, He must swallow his toad and study his vomit as Baudelaire studied la charogne of Jeanne Duval.