No, I don't like the intellectuals
It's such an ugly word

But I have learned from their books
And their suspicions I have heard

I do like the intelligent
Poets, musicians, point guards

7th grade girls who write well
Those who confront bullies in schoolyards

Ishmael in Moby **** and that cedar snow
Steve Martin in Roxanne, Edgar Allan Poe

Plato - Yes. Aristotle - Sometimes.
Alexander the Great?  No. No. No.