I Met A Genius
I met a genius on the train
today
about 6 years old,
he sat beside me
and as a train
ran down along the coast
we came to the ocean
and then he looked at me
and said,
its not pretty.
I think this is a very true poem. Bukowski has a lot of depressing poetry, but this one just seems somewhat simple and not depressing. He is describing a time when a 6 year old child was sitting beside him and how Bukowski himself realized that kids are so much smarter than we give them credit for. They arent smarter in the sense of math or life problems, but when it comes to the smallest things in life that are important and that adults take for granted, children notice everything and make a decision. Kids are also very helpful in talking about situations and are smart in that sense as well. The reason I titled this blog “right in fron of our eyes” is because we never notice how smart children are even though it is right in front of our eyes.
I also really like how this poem is only 1 scentence long, but it has so much detail and meaning to it.
