it's not odd at all, actually, it's quiet welcome... people don't make investments in terms of poetry... not an investment worth quantifying the progress of the art... as odd as it might seem... poetry always wants for people to not invest in it... esp. within the framework of investment being ordained the golden standard of time - i can, and will call it: ars tempus - or art of the time - no one goes to bed and attempts to read a book to fall asleep to... of all the writing expression - philosophy prose is the evolving primate, fictional literature is the domesticated bonsai tiger... oddly enough? poetry is still a fox... poetry is still a rascal... poetry is still the wolf... it's too conscious... for my best part in describing it: poetry is transcendental insomnia: poetry is "too" awake, or should i say: mindful of a blank page? like some incessant masturbator who does it 20 times a day and teaches the ****** of not ******* any fluid - then goes to the kitchen, drinks a pint of milk... and just keeps on going... as if he's shuffling cards in a las vegas casino... later confessing: i think i've the parkinson's handshake and a fetish for spandex clad type spanking motivation... hmm, wa'tcha t'ink?