Nerds And Laggards Poem by John Sensele

Sticks and stones separate
Homes and houses hermits inhabit
If their picks and phones at a rapid rate
Defuse gripe between geese and grouses a bit.

Sums and simplifications soporify
Equations and identities galore
If additions and multiplications glorify
Virtues and viewpointsofa formula folklore.

Sounds and sights civilize
Mind and memory molecules in millennia
Where artificial intelligence and algorithms actualize
The separation of boys from men in mythical Macedonia.

Polynomials and proofs pulverize
Classrooms and cafeteria that conflate
Processes and procedures they sterilize
When they award a nil mark to a savvy slate.

Skills and steps supply
Opportunity and dignity they encounter
In minds and grinds that apply
Energy and effort to a cryptic commerce counter.

If society and ceremony signify
Meaning and mentorship to every student studying
They boost students' self concept and magnify
God's grandeur and grace before applying

Biased standards
In examinations and tests
For nerds and laggards
To quell conundrums and protests.