Any authentically original idea
Presenting itself without “known antecedents”
Is systematically rejected
Toned down, mauled, chewed
Re-chewed, spewed forth
Destroyed, yes, and even worse…
Reduced to the most monstrous of mediocrities
The excuse offered is always the vulgarity
Of the vast majority of the public
I insist that this is absolutely false
The public is infinitely superior to the rubbish
What is fed to it daily
The ma**es have always known
Where to find true poetry
The misunderstanding has come about entirely
Through those “middle-men of culture”
Who, with their lofty airs and superior quacking
Come between the creator and the public