Robert Roper writes, “Contemporary psychologists have unearthed strong associations between poetry and introspection, between introspection and depression, and between depression and self-destructiveness. Not all poets are depressives, but there is a statistical connection. If that child of yours is writing a poem at this moment, go into his bedroom right now and stop him!”
Ahem.
“I shot an arrow into the air,
It fell to earth, I knew not where;”
And if it landed in your heart,
I hope you die, you little tart.
Gasp–I’m so depressed now.
[Sigh] Let me rummage in the medicine cabinet and see if I have any more Zoloft …
I don’t think Longfellow’s all that happy about it either.
So, Douglas Adams should have made Marvin the Paranoid Android recite poetry?
What an idea, Roy. If Adams had done that, his book would have been a classic.
Adams did have Vogon Poetry. Maybe we can gather all the poetry lovers for a reading of Vogon Poetry by Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz.