quiet desperation

who isn't brilliant
to some degree.
whether the stock boy
in the store,
the man
directing
traffic,
the stripper on stage
wearing
nothing
but shoes.
the cook, the salesman
with his bag
of goods
going door to door.
there is still something
inside
everyone
that may be never be
known or seen.
they are Picassos
and mozarts,
singers and poets,
people living their lives
in quiet desperation,
while inside
they dream.