The Paranoia Poetry Club Revisited

Got my Dictionary of Quotations, The Greek Myths of Robert Graves, Plutarch for beginners’ How The Ancient World Behaves; Back at the Paranoia Poetry Club, Local Intellectual Branch And that collection of books Might just give me a chance Of understanding the words and What on earth they’re talking about Because the first time I went I understood precisely nowt. Must spoke with cultured voices, Some rambled and some muttered, Word following word following word Crammed and packed and cluttered. But all spoken with confidence About what they felt mattered And, my ignorance being exposed, I sat both deflated and shattered I’ve got the book of Popular Philosophy The Book of Modern Scientific thought Gambling on the hope and presumtion That wisdom can be bought.