The Sole Thing of Real Value --
and the Wisdom To Know It
Prior to Graduating Kindergarten
"Most adults -- and even a few intellectuals -- know their numbers,
but they cannot add 1 + 1."
-- Basic Wisdom 101
still shelved
still collecting dust
* * *
At five, I turned out wise on spitting up green eggs and ham --
in learning chickens too feel pain -- like pigs and Sam-I-am.
* * *
a dedication of Respect
for
the ceaseless Pain of countless sentient beings --
nonhuman or otherwise
a revolving helios couplet menippean satire on
the human intelligence narrow
widespread
worldwide
may, 2023 -- yet still in and of itself bad, Pain alone having
Objective Value for each conscious, feeling being --
none Rationally longing to be enslaved and tortured
in a modern concentration camp
Copyright © James Starkey Iii | Year Posted 2023
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