THE VALUE OF THE MIND, SIMPLIFIED by Me How about the conceptualization of intra psychic structures? For fun? Balderdash, say you? Tennis, anyone? Tennyson, anyone? Not keen on Lord Alfred? Can't say I blame you. Being long dead might just explain why he's under-read. While starlets and scalawags share a bed true genius seldom keeps the family fed. Stephen Hawking taps his fingers to the beat of Coleman Hawkins, while his quarks collide with grand octaves - music and math glorified. One bled this from his soul. The other one just knows. While there is no correlation between creativity and financial gain, both provide their rewards. The trick is in choosing what the spirit can afford. How much is one willing to give up to ensure either smugness of mind or stock options galore? How readily do we barter the soul? And when we do who's left to know? And at what point do saints take on the role of sinners? And when all is said and done who dictates the real winners? I've asked myself this many times and over the years have come up with different answers. Ignore the poem as just another rant by a madman and please sincerely answer the question: Define, defend or deflect. But be honest.