David Chirko's delightful poem, “What's Wrong with Behaviorism?,” begs to be accompanied by a viewing of his abstract work entitled A Behaviorist's Mind. This image can be seen on his Web site, canartscene.com/members/dchirko (and also below.) Chirko is an Educator Associate member of APsaA and is an experienced artist, poet, and writer with many artistic accomplishments to his credit. He is a graduate of Laurentian University with a B.A. in philosophy/sociology in 1976. His work reveals his love of mind in all of its permutations. He has had 132 poems and three poetry books published.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEHAVIORISM?
riding on the surfacewith sunglasses in the nightthey observe the purityof hoary creatureswho scurry aboutin sadistic cagesdefecating responsesby rejecting experiencefor an exterior vacuumas this is the placewhere mountebanks dwellthose blind robotsin opalescent coatswith utopian delusionsno they're not just insanebut ignorant as wellwhich ultimately destroys themand their blasphemous mindswhen they crudely denywhat they know existsyes our very unconsciouswhich they're unconscious of
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