John Berryman
Dream Song 35: MLA Convention
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Well, my dear assistant professors—
Full professors and lowly instructors
May I shay a thing or two?
Here we are at the MLA again—
This time in Mississippi down here
In Yoknapatawpha down South
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My wife got booted out—
When I got seduced by a pretty
Young undergraduate named Sue
It happens all the time—
Academe is one big Whorehouse
Tenure is for us polite gigolos
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The chairman gets nervous—
With all the screwing that goes on
But that’s how theses come & go
My naïve dumb little chickadee—
Sue became the new chairman soon
She was good at fucking footnotes
__________________
Well, my dear assistant professors—
Full professors and lowly instructors
May I shay a thing or two?
Here we are at the MLA again—
This time in Mississippi down here
In Yoknapatawpha down South
______________
My wife got booted out—
When I got seduced by a pretty
Young undergraduate named Sue
It happens all the time—
Academe is one big Whorehouse
Tenure is for us polite gigolos
_______________
The chairman gets nervous—
With all the screwing that goes on
But that’s how theses come & go
My naïve dumb little chickadee—
Sue became the new chairman soon
She was good at fucking footnotes
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