Explorations 197 and the corpses of those who have died of the most filthy of diseases! Let there be no unfashionable wisdom! let such be scorn’d and derided off from the earth! Let a floating cloud in the sky— let a wave of the sea—let growing mint, spinach, onions, tomatoes these be exhibited as shows, at a great price for admission! Let shadows be furnished with genitals! Let substances be deprived of their genitals!… Walt Whitman, Respondez 1. We shall sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and boldness. 2. The essential elements of out poetry shall be courage, daring and rebellion. 3. Literature has hitherto glorified thoughtful immobility, ecstasy and sleep: we shall extol aggressive movement, feverish insomnia, the double quick step, the sometsault, the box on the ear, the fisticuff… F.T.Marinetti, Futuristic Manifesto WE WOULD ESTABLISH OURSELVES