What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.
"The poet's job is to pay attention, then to pay attention to what they've paid attention to."
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.