The Triumph of Mediocrity

September Adam West Submission

underachiever
x high potential
x squanders if
x light drug use and alcohol
spurts and glides through college
casual neglect of his marriage
distant with his children
at teh end, at a cookout,
the yard is weedy and untidy with kid's toys and yard tools
someone comments it looks like he's living the good life (sarcastic?)
he answers that he feels like he is the king of the world.
--thus, his mediocrity is his version of triumph

Even if he wasn't quite qualified to be a MENSA cardholder, Phillip was brilliant. His SAT scores had been stellar after a high school academic career of straight A's. Sometimes he stood at his kitchen counter looking out at the turned-over Big Wheel trike in the back yard and wondered what would have been different if he had gotten his doctorate. Or even his masters. At times like these, he would chuckle, finish his beer, and think of those good old college days where he studied Pink Floyd and the different strains of marijuana far more acidulously than sociology and theology.