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Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]                          Those Who Stereotype “These Professors”                                                    Exodus 20:16 These professors Dr. Moriarty was a PFC on certain Pacific islands Who could bayonet an enemy Clear a jammed machine gun under fire See his pals blown to pieces next to him And work out subtle textual analyses These professors Dr. Chambers was a retired colonel of Marines A natty little man in blazer and bowtie Who could bayonet an enemy See his pals blown to pieces next to him Deconstruct the minutiae of energy distribution And toss a foul-mouthed football player out on his sorry *** These professors Dr. Dale was a butcher until his thirties When he entered college for the first time He knew your hamburger from the outside in The economics of building a business He probably could have bench-pressed a Ford Fiesta And when he spoke of Wordsworth, Keats, and Coleridge You could feel the air of The Lake Country These professors “These professors” were complete men Strong in war and word and wisdom and work Unlike envious Unferths who learn life only second-hand From Fox News and John Wayne movies And closed loops of echoing InterGossip sites
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Jul 14, 2024
Jul 14, 2024 at 10:32 AM UTC
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"These Professors"
Lawrence Hall, HSG [email protected]                          Those Who Stereotype “These Professors”                                                    Exodus 20:16 These professors Dr. Moriarty was a PFC on certain Pacific islands Who could bayonet an enemy Clear a jammed machine gun under fire See his pals blown to pieces next to him And work out subtle textual analyses These professors Dr. Chambers was a retired colonel of Marines A natty little man in blazer and bowtie Who could bayonet an enemy See his pals blown to pieces next to him Deconstruct the minutiae of energy distribution And toss a foul-mouthed football player out on his sorry *** These professors Dr. Dale was a butcher until his thirties When he entered college for the first time He knew your hamburger from the outside in The economics of building a business He probably could have bench-pressed a Ford Fiesta And when he spoke of Wordsworth, Keats, and Coleridge You could feel the air of The Lake Country These professors “These professors” were complete men Strong in war and word and wisdom and work Unlike envious Unferths who learn life only second-hand From Fox News and John Wayne movies And closed loops of echoing InterGossip sites
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