RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: LIFE SONGS
The Enlightenment
There was a time when young people
Enrolled in universities
To become enlightened beings
To study the renaissance
To understand art and literature
To engage philosophy and psychology
To expand the universe of thought
To uncover the workings of the inner mind
Now it seems young people go to
Universities to acquire employable skills
To the learn the ways of algorithms
To apply technology to enterprise
To join circles of common interests
And common points of view
To determine an uncertain future
One day the arts will disappear entirely
From the university curriculum
Museums will become gathering halls
For gamers and techno wizards
The arts will go underground
Take cover for a hundred years
Only to be born again
Stronger and more valued than ever
