UnEntitled
When Poetry and Art and Imagination are derided
By the Principles of Economics, 18th Edition,
What room is there for the Heart
When it is the Stomach with the ulcers?
Besides, Ideas are now unrecognized
Unless articulated by the Political Expert
And unsullied by Emotion;
And who am I but Noone whose
Naivete Someone finds “refreshing?”
These days, a quick Google of Rhetoric will yield:
“Skill in using language effectively and persuasively”
And, as well:
“Language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere, or intellectually vacuous.”
And mind you, Love is but funny now.
As is Hope. As is Justice.
And I have yet to find the Euphemism for Faith.
And what’s the use of Honesty anyway? When the News
Delivers the most important thing — Information.
Every hour, on the hour, and with the benefit
Of the most Objective Points of View.
In an age where Truth has been banished by Immediacy,
Greatness is only as real as Freedom.
