if you are a genius
you shouldn't be here
whatever you say
if they can't understand
they treat it as hearsay
whatever you say
if they can understand
it becomes a give-away
whatever you want to do
they say no way
at best, they say you may
whatever you need to do
if you say it only takes days
they ask you to go away
whatever you do
it doesn't pay
whatever the case
if you are a genius
you can only pray
one of these days
you wake up
& they're away
if you are a genius
you can only pray
one of these days
they wake up
& you are on the runway
if you are a genius
'tis not the place
for you to stay
if you are a genius
you should go away
to pave your way
when you return
they'll try all the ways
to make you stay!
Lin Hsin Hsin
April 8, 1993
first published on p.197 Sunny Side UP!, 1994,
ISBN10: 981-00-5840-3 (paper),
ISBN13: 978-981-00-5840-1 (paper), 288 pp, 5 color