Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.

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This quote suggests that people often have low expectations when it comes to poetry, believing it to be difficult or burdensome like carrying heavy luggage through a busy airport. Consequently, the general public tends to read very little poetry, leading to a loss for them. The quote implies that this lack of engagement with poetry may be due to the perception that it is challenging or unenjoyable, causing people to miss out on the beauty and rewards that can be found within the pages of poetic works.

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