Lawrence Hall, HSG
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 ass
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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