three part introspection
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for reasons yet unknown to me
people seem to think i’m intelligent
will they ever realize that I don’t know anything?
that all my ostensible smartness
is merely an illusion won by sometimes-good memory?
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for reasons known to me
i’m unable to speak this aforementioned self-evident truth
out loud. it’s because
people seem to think it’s funny
will they ever realize that it’s not funny?
that what seems amusing to them
is a small, uncomplicated truth?
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for reasons both known and unknown to me
i am unable to accept my own ostensible smartness
I can’t seem to figure it out
am i trying to be modest?
or
do i just think that little of myself?
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for reasons yet unknown to me
people seem to think i’m intelligent
will they ever realize that I don’t know anything?
that all my ostensible smartness
is merely an illusion won by sometimes-good memory?
-
for reasons known to me
i’m unable to speak this aforementioned self-evident truth
out loud. it’s because
people seem to think it’s funny
will they ever realize that it’s not funny?
that what seems amusing to them
is a small, uncomplicated truth?
-
for reasons both known and unknown to me
i am unable to accept my own ostensible smartness
I can’t seem to figure it out
am i trying to be modest?
or
do i just think that little of myself?
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