Having paragraphs at an angle

Hi,
Hope you're well.
I'd like to create a few paragraphs that have the same treatment as the one I have attached.
The key thing is to have the first letter of the first word of each line line-up under
each other so that the left margin creates the appearance of a straight line.
I did the attached having each line in it's own text box, transforming them to an identical
angle and then lining them up on the left side.
Is there a way to do this to a whole paragraph? I know I could just transform a whole paragraph
to a different angle but the first letter of each line would not line-up with each other
and create a straight line.
Thanks!

Graph,
to explain how things work, Illustrator can turn any path into a text container when you click it with the Area Type Tool which allows you to type or paste your text. You can then independently select, rotate, transform, and modify entirely the path of the container but unfortunately you can't independently select and rotate or transform  the text without the containing path.
To select only the entire path containing the area text, first deselect the text object, switch to Outline View (Ctrl/Cmd + Y) to see the containing path, pick the white pointer, hold Alt/Option and click the containing path. Now you can rotate, skew, transform, and modify the entire path in any way you like without changing the orientation of the contained text. You can also select individual points of the container like any other path. For example one alternative way to Jacob's suggestion can be to first rotate the text object like you said you know how then with the white pointer select the two bottom anchor points of the containing rectangle and move them to straighten the container like this:
I gave this example for the purpose of understanding how it works, otherwise I think the Jacob's suggestion is easier for this particular case.

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