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“Impractical Ineffectual Intellectual”

Christopher Hickey

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“Impractical Ineffectual Intellectual”

Fuck you! Mr. Impractical Ineffectual Intellectual.

You rot the conversation from the ground up.

Your takes on reality are based on self-inflating logic puzzles, word games, and Jedi Mind Tricks.

If you take offense, then I’m talking to you,

Specifically.

A true intellectual would never get upset by words.

Just yous guys.

You have never made anything grow in your life,

Besides your ego.

You have never created anything in your life,

Besides discord.

You have never listened to anything,

Besides your own thoughts.

The real trick to being an intellectual,

Is in asking questions;

Not in claiming to possess the answers.

So, I say, fuck you! Mr. Impractical Ineffectual Intellectual.

You muddy the waters at the expense of true knowledge.

You seek only mirrors,

When you should be seeking forgiveness.

Published by Christopher Hickey

Welcome to my effort. Yes, as a great procrastinator, it requires great effort to stay focused on something productive that matters to me. I’ll find any old excuse to traipse from project to project, and I rarely end up at the place I started. I find this maddening, and exhaustive. So it is with high hopes, and a greater grasp of self-awareness, that I embark upon staying the course so to speak. I enjoy writing. Be it blogs, fiction, poetry, etc. I love the craft and the act of creation, the art in and of itself, for it’s own sake and end. I am happy to be able to do it. Some stats: Born: March 1974 Education: St.Francis de Sales, Charlestown MA Don Bosco Technical High School, Boston MA University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell MA Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown MA DePaul University, Chicago, IL North Virginia Community College, Arlington VA Harvard Extension School, Cambridge MA Place of residence: Somewhere in the land of metro Boston. It’s vaguely familiar and becoming home more and more by the day, but when you come from “The Town” all else fails by comparison. Favorite Color: I’m partial to all forms of blue. Favorite Author: c’mon! don’t expect me to answer that, there are too many. I enjoy memories of playing 80’s Atari better than playing any advanced gaming system that exists today. Some day: Hope to be recognized for my paper clip collection. As well as my 27 rejected applications to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailiey Clown college.

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