A man said to the universe

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A man said to the universe (1899) is one of Stephen Crane's most famous poems — a spare, three-line exchange between a man and the cosmos that captures the essence of literary naturalism. "Sir, I exist!"
Author Stephen Crane

A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."