FREAKS
No-one
would pretend that 'freaks'
Were
in a majority in the lower class;
For
they are conspicuously a tiny minority
Compared
with that great mass of philistines
Who
constitute the proletarian generality.
Undoubtedly
the most culturally precocious members
Of
their class, they are the type
From
whom a future leadership could be drawn,
A
type who are civilized ...
On
their own outsider's terms
In
advance of the generality
And
who, once in power,
Would
transmit their culture to the masses
And
thus make them more civilized in due turn,
Having
first pioneered the way
In
an unofficial capacity
Within
the church/state civilization
And
acquired a knowledge of and allegiance to
The transcendental culture to-come.
But
by a curious paradox
Their
future role would place them
Outside the mainstream culture of the People.
For
you cannot transmit culture
And
be civilized at the same time.
What
you gain on the unofficial roundabout
You
must lose on the official swings.
Civilized
in advance of the masses,
You
cannot be civilized with them.