Dark Ivory Tower

Hey Academic, throw me some facts Explain to me clearly each thought you attack Dear Intellectual, restate and rephrase Your version of truth, empty words in the fray Hello Professor, is the poison pill done Refilled with your venom to spread to the young And lastly the Critic who stands by the wall, Humpty Dumpty awaiting your push to then fall While open minds sit in the cold and the rain, Your cowardly torrents bring nothing but pain To all those so cloistered, divorced from what’s real Perdition your tenure —inflamed to repeal (Beaupre: November, 2020)