The Intelligence Problem

Brains are a cheap commodity.

In 1980, I decided that I was losing my mind. I had been working a union job and basically the only reading I did was motorcycle and audiophile magazines. I didn’t know a thing about literature. One day I decided to write a poem. It was horrible. I realized my imagination had shrunk to pea size. I had become a Basic. So I forced myself to read. I starte…