Question

This substance “is letting go of you” and “finds a new boo” in a 2018 book-length breakup poem by Tommy Pico. A poem exclaims, “poetry to no purpose! all this [this substance]! all these words,” in a section that laments, “since words were introduced here things have gone poorly for the planet.” A long poem claims this substance “has to be the poem of our time” (15[1])because it “is (15[1])spiritual, believable enough / to get (15[1])our attention.” The speaker of a poem partly titled for this substance (15[1])vows to look “like Walt Whitman” with “a homemade (-5[1])(*) bomb in the pocket.” In a reference to Yeats, a poetic speaker named for this substance repeats, “Let us arise and go now / to the Isle of (10[1])Manisfree.” (10[2]-5[1])A long poem titled for this substance (-5[1])won the 1993 National (10[1])Book Award for A. R. Ammons. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, a man who works with what substance titles an “Obbligato” (10[1])by Lawrence Ferlinghetti? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: garbage [or junk, trash, waste, or detritus; accept “Junkman’s Obbligato”]
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1593%27%27%123.21

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence6515
Matt BollingerBHSU BThe Dyatlov Passement incident6815
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH7415
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret8615
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little HobbesSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE95-5
Anderson WangI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)LMM's LLM MLM12310
Milan FernandezThe Empire Bikes BackPunished "Venom" BHSU12410
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see12410
Anuttam Ramjiit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownWe Need New Names124-5
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy131-5
Cindy GaoNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)when you look this good, you don’t have to know anything13510
Arya KarthikCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A14110
Jerry VinokurovThe Oldest Men in the WorldGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer141-5
Justin HawkinsWe Need New Namesit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown15410
Jason ChenggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetvar merchants15710
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoyFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!15810
Michael HundingSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREMindgoblin of Little Hobbes15810
June YinLes MissourablesThe Jeam Team1580
Jorrest WeintraubThe Jeam TeamLes Missourables1580
Joel MilesGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerThe Oldest Men in the World15810