The Poet

The Artist

The Seer

Are but one step

One accident

Away from the world-judged

Madness--

One paycheck away

--And if they devote themselves

To the spark in their soul,

Unless they are marketable

They are on the street.

Perhaps, then, they realize

Exactly who

Is mad,

Who has screwed-up

Priorities,

Who is in touch with God.

7/27/00