For Jack
For every few miles of Earth, a prophet
not a son of man of the first or second coming
rather a son of himself, never summoning disciples
Does genius know itself?
Rise, piss, thumb pages, speak of any and all things ingeniously?
I have been shown genius is subtler
genius is recognizing, from the eye's corner, the genius in others
then encouraging that shadow to become the thing casting it
Genius does this with a nod, a smile, the simple gift of encouragement
saying, If I can do this, you can
Garrett Rutledge