in response to a classmate's concept of 'the perceived separation of the poet from society' [2010]

would it not be necessary for the poet to be perceived by society in the first place     
before one could even begin to consider the secondary (somewhat flattering) notion of 
a perceived separation from said society?

  only the poet     in his fantastic arrogance     could contrive     

such a delicious negligence     

such a precious alienation

only the poet could imagine such a significance     while concurrently carving  
                            another thin     sparing slice of his allotted government cheese

in "reality"     which is often disregarded    

this "separation" is his true sustenance

suffice to say     if the poet were suddenly perceived     by some strange twist of design     
as a vital and necessary component of society     he most certainly would not be

 

                                                         addendum                                                         
                                                         this poet is not                                                         
                                                         I                                                         
                                                         and is therefore not                                                         
                                                         another