“Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara.
O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac.” 
― Frank O'Hara
“Kerouac: You're ruining American poetry, O'Hara.
O'Hara: That's more than you ever did for it, Kerouac.” 
― Frank O'Hara
microcosm [mahy-kruh-koz-uh m] 
noun
1. a little world; 
2. human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe.