GENIUS OF THE AVERAGE

There are the special that walk among us the unordinary, the deep thinkers the ones we call genius with one breath and crazy with the next we give them praise with the right hand and stab them with the left you can never fully understand a genius without being a genius yourself so we must destroy them the game show watchers of the world the nine to fivers the coupon cutters the coffee cake people these are the average the ones who make all the noise about nothing for it is the average that seeks only average everything they do is average their love is average their heart is average their forgiveness is average but there is a genius in there average not being able to validate anything other than themselves they will try and destroy you for their own shortcomings they will judge you by their own inadequacies and then they will despise you love won't help them kindness will not help them compassion will not and in the end, they will hate you and their hatred will be fierce it will be so fierce it will be enough to kill you kill anyone it will be perfect like a rose like a cloud like a raindrop like the sharp blade on a guillotine total perfection their masterpiece the genius of the average. - Ken Riccio original poems ©