THE VALUE OF THE MIND, SIMPLIFIED
How about the conceptualization of
intra psychic structures? For fun?
Balderdash, say you? Tennis, anyone?
Tennyson, anyone? Not keen on Lord Alfred?
Can't say I blame you. Being long dead
might just explain why he's under-read.
While starlets and scalawags share a bed
true genius seldom keeps the family fed.
Stephen Hawking taps his fingers to the beat
of Coleman Hawkins, while his quarks collide
with grand octaves - music and math glorified.
One bled this from his soul.
The other one just knows.
While there is no correlation between creativity
and financial gain, both provide their rewards.
The trick is in choosing
what the spirit can afford.
How much is one willing to give up to ensure
either smugness of mind or stock options galore?
How readily do we barter the soul?
And when we do what's left to show?
And when all is said and done
who dictates who really won?
(Yes, I wrote this drivel.)
2007-09-09
15:12:06
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