I want to promote poetry to the point where you got all the baldhead kids running around doing poetry, getting the music out of the way and having only words, the spoken word, and then see what happens.

Simmons is imagining a cultural shift in which poetry—especially spoken-word performance—becomes as socially contagious and youth-driven as hip-hop once was. The humorous image of “baldhead kids” suggests a fad so widespread it produces a recognizable look, emphasizing mass participation rather than elite literary prestige. By “getting the music out of the way,” he proposes stripping performance down to language alone, testing whether rhythm, charisma, and meaning can carry without beats. The quote reflects his long-standing interest in legitimizing and popularizing spoken word as a mainstream art form and as a tool for self-expression and social commentary.