TIME OUT OF MIND (June 17) —
Is Bob Dylan smarter than was Aristotle,
who got nearly everything wrong?
In addition to which he did not win a Nobel
and, as you know, never wrote songs
defining his time and explaining all things
in words college sophomores could grasp
as they sang along “Bob-ing” their heads,
fantastically stoned on really great grass.
Wisdom and knowledge are never complete.
They evolve over time.
Today's genius is tomorrow's fool
if there's a shift in the paradigm.
Today, we “think” Dylan not Plato or Socrates,
content to follow mere mediocrities.