When in search of inspiration positively lyrical,
Dictionaries and thesauri seem so antithetical.
So, the application of conjecture theoretical
Is quite inconsequential in all matters dialectical.
One thus functions readily as the source of aggravation to
Luminaries numinous exalted by their nations, whose
Mastery of language evokes terror and elation (Few
Admirers may aspire to sound but thereto in relation crude).
We regardless author stanzas awkward and voluminous -
Masticating consonants so dangerously venomous
That critics in defenestration expedite away from us:
To them our opening verses sound not musical but ominous!
Therefore let vocabularies unendowed not temporize;
Encapsulating beauty is no pastime for untutored tries.
Poetic genius is solely congenital, and not a prize -
Fallacies and lies, the stock of those who exhort otherwise!
May 14, 2003
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