Cleverness & Innovation in the New Fade

cleverness is punishable
in the New Fade,
just in the way it was
for Galileo & Tesla

innovation is rewarded
in the New Fade,
just as it was
for da Vinci & Edison

cleverness is the ability
to contradict

cleverness attempts
to persevere

innovation is the ability
to conform

innovation attempts
to endure

cleverness
brought us new things

innovation
brought us refinement

cleverness
is not mainstream

innovation
is the mainstream

cleverness & innovation
contradict each other
only because one is seen
to threaten the other

one is old age,
the other is youth

in the New Age,
everyone clings to youth
and shrugs off old age,
preaching to old age
but believing in youth

these are things that will need
to be rectified
if the age is to pass