THE ART OF ROASTING: Advice for Connoisseurs of Life In Original Mutant Anglish: Poets are at their best when perfectly in sane. Their insanity helps normal peo ple see a little bit more straight. Artists are inspired when t hey go beyond what facades cl aim; ordinary people are content with Mon day mourning de-caf & McDonald McBoogers. The world is much wider than we are taught to believe and in this laife I've tasted but a few dr ops ah Amazing Koffee sand whiched between inklings of bigger realities Enough to know what's within each bean contains plenty ah wal lop 'n bliss if roasted then cooled a bit bee for flavors sink. Ella: Who's sane? Who's insane? There's something curiously political about that dichotomy. Juanita: In fact, I'm not even sure that a dichotomy is warranted. I believe all of us navigate around a constantly changing spectrum of sanity and insanity. Ella: Yeah, and unconsciously, most of us have a way of believing anything too far from our own views is insane. What I like about this poem is the way it points out how words can roast the soul. What is poetry but a fuel to ignite the mind? ===================================================================================== from Lit-A-Rupture: A Post Literary Construction by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some thoughts about multiple realities, conformity, and crazy artists. KEYWORDS: conformity, normality, life connoisseurs, insanity, artists, alternative realities by T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan ⨳ Finished: 2024 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LitaRupture/word.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LitaRupture/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LitaRupture/bankoku.htm TRANSLATIONS Chinese https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/hong.htm Japanese https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/baisen.htm Spanish https://www.tnewfields.info/es/asar.htm