How Do You Get Your Ideas

I'm often asked: how do you pick a subject
for this or that unlikely composition?
A tired, stale cliche, or just an object
that's placed in an unusual position.

A dialog between two silent partners
so caught in an unlikely dialectic
that the ensuing conversation garners
reactions from the rad to apoplectic.

Attempts to wax poetically are often
too maudlin to earn their weight in paper.
Eschew the urge to decorate and soften.
Ethereal, like tiny whisps of vapor

is great for a deodorant commercial.
I aim for the bizarre and controversial.