the genius I

the genius walks through Felkers Falls
he finds a wooden rail guiding him and finds a few branches covering an opening
what's this? he thinks, as he follows the hidden pathway
it leads right to the mounding cliff of a waterfall
where the water flows
he looks at it beautifully and stares deeply into the current
it drives him to the edge, where he stands holding a branch of a tree
amazing, he thinks and then wonders what would happen if he jumped
he thinks more of the  former, the amazingness rather than the latter
I shall bring my friends here, he says out loud to no one
to the birds in the bushes and the foxes in the meadow
they hear him but there isn't anyone else for miles
he climbs back up the path over the wooden rail and back on the path
the path turns from dirt to asphalt and he sees an Olympic sized swimming pool
everything with a slide and diving board, gated away from other's who gaze
he wish he had a dog and as he thinks this a woman walks passed him with a retriever
nice dog, he says to the woman and she smiles at him with a full set of white teeth
he wonders if his teeth are white, but he knows, since he brushes everyday
the path ends and he wonders where he is
it looks familiar but night has fallen and his eyes are no good without seeing glasses
he feels around with his hands and finds grass, soil, dirt
he's so tired because he hasn't slept at all in the last 3 days, constantly reading and trying to write his memoirs
no memoirs yet, just circulation and an ISBN number
he coddles the ground and his eyes close, the air is fresh and he breathes clean
the genius wishes for a beer or two
to break the sorrow and he lifts himself back up off the ground into the darkness
then he sees light and it's a dive bar
he giggles as he swings through the revolving door
one beer please, he asked and the waitress asks what kind and he just says one beer please
not much of a drinker the waitress asks him
nope, just one beer please
maybe i can join you, she asks
the genius thinks and says, only if you have one beer
and she sits with him looking into his eyes without beer
the genius scans the beer
looks good she says
and he takes a big gulp, a gulp that consumed the entire beer
where you going after this she asks
home to read, you he replies
well, i'm writing a book she says
and the genius rubs his ears
what's it about he asks
a man and a beer she replies
and the genius falls asleep