Arlene Corwin Poetry

Once there was genius.

There were many;

There were genii,

And we will never know how many, for

There came a war.

In fact, there came a-many.

And there came dictator:

Many.

Killings, fleeings, shittings, peeings: chaos.

Geniuses that walked the streets

(or stayed at home creating) Joy!

And then, the girls, boys

With life to change the arts, the sciences

Were gone before begun;

Departed.

Never started.

Never to know what they missed,

We, not to be ever kissed by them

When genius walked the streets

Before

The wars.

When Genius Walked The Streets Before The Wars 10.9.2015

War Book II; Our Times, Our Culture II;

Arlene Corwin

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