Hexed

Don H · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 187

Hexed.... or,
Ruminating is a Waste of Time
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Academics dwell in Ivory Towers,
Where they can mull o'er a topic for hours.
Oft time they'll stroll through dark cloistered halls,
And weigh pro-and-con in their gentle brawls.

Learning occurs for its own valued sake,
Research it does too: our Culture to make.
Lolling on grass on a fine sunny day,
And so, among friends, they while time away.

Beware! Efficient Axeman comes!
Spreading havoc among these chums.
With low brow, and eyes agleam,
He'll ensure - we count each bean.

College is for Wealthy Few;
Others too, who'll Debt accrue.
Aim is - learn a Useful Trade,
Cull out Scum, by steepening grade.

Meal Ticket Factory! Churn 'em out!
That's what Uni's all about!
Business run on Corporate Lines;
Money now, study defines.

Thus, New Order soon prevails.
We comply, and Trim our Sails.
All is run by Tunnel Vision.
When the Dollar makes decision.

Academics flee to some remote beach,
Far from the Philistine's mean grasping reach.
Gloomily, there they review the past year,
While Axeman, for Profit, wrecks Geosphere.

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"What's Study Life, if all's but Ware,
And we must climb the Opp'tune Stair.
No time to sit 'neath Muse's boughs,
And Chew the Cud - like bloomin' Cows."
(with apologies to W.H.Davies)
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Don H · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 187

Oh, I'm a devout Catholic,
And I trot off to school.
There I learn what's Good and True,
By Rite, and Rote, and Rule.

I'm not allowed to Question,
Except by Dorothy Dix;
The Truth, I'm taught, is Absolute,
Beneath a Crucifix.

Morality it has Taboos,
We learn Commandments Ten;
How to Pray to Jesus,
And what's a Mortal Sin.

There's the Annual Calendar,
With all its Holy Days;
There's Easter and there's Xmas,
To Mary, we give Praise.

We each acquire a Rosary,
And recite the Pater Noster;
The Pope, he is Supremo,
Priests, Nuns, tick off school Roster.

We learn how to Confess our Sins,
To go, and sin no more.
State Aid helps with Peter's Pence,
Though Church is hardly poor.

If we are Pious, and Obey,
We'll gain Eternal Life;
If not, then we shall Burn in Hell,
Where All is Pain and Strife.

Of course, there are Jews, Moslems;
Outside our One True Creed.
The Poor Benighted Heathen;
Give Alms to those in Need!

Our Lives are Strict and Circumspect,
We've Discipline and Grace.
The Church, it is Hierarchical,
O'er All the Human Race.

To Redeem us of our Sin,
The Good Lord Died and Rose;
The Mass it is our Eucharist,
No doubt ! The Church, it Knows !

There's just one thing that puzzles me,
Though Faith, it does appeal;
How much of this is Gospel Truth?
And How much of it Real?
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"Don H" wrote in message%b.76211$Wa.11738@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hexed.... or,
> Ruminating is a Waste of Time
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>.............