scientists say...
—by Conghalaigh

they do studies
to sort out why the artists are so insane
never bothering to ask him
if he thinks he is
scientists dissecting creativity like it was a disease
when it is the remedy
to the disease of fear
of not tackling life's highs and lows
you
saying he
is insane
is like a man thinking he knows what it is like to be a woman
science cannot explain
the sanity of van gogh
just as he
cannot understand the insanity
of playing it safe
living 9 to 5
and being beige

Copyright © 2004 Ireland's OWN


Page last updated 14 May 2006
Background and Ireland's OWN logo by Míchealín Daugherty
Copyright © 2006 Ireland's OWN. All Rights Reserved.

Ireland's OWN Poetry & Prose