If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect.
“I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah.”
“If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland.”