genius

[Columbo]

I have listened to kraftwek and cried because they are beautiful genius
I have listened to others and cried
because they are beautiful genius
an I have looked at poems and felt like crying
because they are beautiful genius
I like genius I like the idea of genius - I am glad it exists
I wish I was a genius sometmes
but mostly I am glad I'm not one
because I like it when I recognise genius
I like that sadness of knowing I'm not one
but wishing I was one
I like that knowing that there are some
Twice I have dragged genius out of me
once was when I wrote a computer program so compact and succinct that it looked like algorithmic poetry
and once when I made music on a computer that sounded like
a genius that was not me had made it
It was so good I cried - but best of all -
I loved looking at the algorithm
because the music that was genius frightened me - it was too good
I have never been a genius except for these two occassions
I hope someday to meet a real genius (a consistent genius)
so that they can answer my question
"I have tried, but really, what does it take"?
But only so I could see why they felt it was important to create