If anyone I've encountered
recently would qualify
as the antithesis of DFW,
it would be Jason Hartley,
co-founder of the
Advanced Genius Theory.
Anyone familiar with my poetry
over the past four idylls
will recognize a certain amount
of similarities between this
theory and my own thoughts,
but suffice it to say,
Mr. Hartley figures it's
about time to stop
worrying about reasons
to hate something and
start figuring out why
you can probably like it.
So it was pretty awesome
to read his thoughts,
discover another Stossel,
a kindred soul made of rubber
(making it easier to
bounce around, naturally).
It makes me want to write
a lot more about
all the things I like,
and all the reasons
to like them, no matter
what other people say,
how many reasons
there are to think
anything but what
I've been for some
thirty years now
(yes, being my own
kind of genius,
I was formulating
my interests straight
from the womb).
I would like to refine
Hartley's theory,
broaden it past just
those recognized geniuses
and consider those never
given their due, but who
still deserve it, or maybe
I'll just carve a tree
so as to guarantee
that I will make your library
at some point.
...What was I saying?
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