Aristotle vs Me

Aristotle vs Me


We know
what Aristotle has
but
what do I have
that Aristotle
does not?

Neither of us have
Hypatia
of Alexandria
unfortunately
but I have
Beethoven!
and so much more.

Mary Wollstonecraft
Maxwell Smart
New York Yankees
Joan Jett
Mars Rover
Yogi Bear
The Three Stooges
Chicago Cubs
Luce Irigaray
Hippies
Maine
Connecticut
Israel Putnam
Steppenwolf the book
Steppenwolf the band
Alcoholics Anonymous
Janis Joplin
Superman
World Wide Web
World Wars
Albert Einstein
Black Elk
Computers
Television
Babe Ruth
Radio
Suburbs
Virnett “Jackie” Mitchell
Declaration of Independence
Fidel Castro
Thomas Paine
Freelove Baldwin Stow
Ansantawae
Charles Island
Life
and so much more.

No contest, yo.
Aristotle is dead
buried
and should be
forgotten.

No brag, just fact.
Aristotle may have been
smart
for his time
but today
he couldn't find his way
out of Wal-Mart.

It is time
to stop following the
faded whispers of
jaded dead men
and start listening to the
bold new ideas of
living
women and men.

The dead had their say.
We know they were wrong.
The evidence is all around us.
It is our turn.