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Shelley Hicklin
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In his writings Kierkegaard advocated living ethically as opposed to aesthetically.
But his "acquaintances" (because he had few "friends"), would say:
"Soren, Soren, Soren, how can you say these things
when you live so elegantly, you eat and drink so lavishly."
His only reply was:
"necessary for my genius to flourish"?
Only the ego of the Danes...
I wish I had such egotism:
"Shelley, Shelley, Shelley, why do you date so many bad men?"
My reply:
And when someone boring asked me out,
I could say, "No, you're just not interesting enough.
Not enough hidden aggression. You'll never make a good poem."
And I'd feel good about it because I'm "living my art."
I could be like David Lynch.
He left a ham sandwich on the counter until it rotted,
painted it red, and displayed it as art.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Ever seen Eraserhead???
"Yeah, Yeah, I get it man 'chickens the size of your fist.' You're a genius man a FUCKING GENIUS."
But I'm still young yet.
I've got a few years
before I can declare myself a genius
and not do the dishes
in the name of art.
I'm still trying to decide how it will happen.
Will it come gradually over time.
Or perhaps someone else will mention it to me.
I'm rather fond of sudden moments of clarity,
or epiphanies, if you will.
I'll be walking in the grocery store and just suddenly say,
"Damn it you don't need to bargain shop or buy 'No Animal Testing' shampoo.
You're a genius, just buy whatever you 'feel' like and write a poem about it later."
And after this epiphany I would buy a gallon of water, drink it all, and go to the mall stark naked.
Piss all over myself while running around screaming, "Fashion is just a conspiracy: a patriarchal trap
designed to make us ashamed of our bodies and bodily functions."
And the security guards wouldn't dream of kicking me out.
They'd just nod knowingly, saying,
"That girl's a genius man, a FUCKING GENIUS"
Karen Lumos <karen@cs.unlv.edu>