ENG102 by Kevin Draper

ENG102

Enter ye these hallowed halls
For education most treasured
And learn those skills for which life calls
From mentors so wise and measured.

Learn to reference published writings
Of authorities in the know
Construct your endnotes and your citings
With periods and commas just so

Quotation marks don't forget 'em
Underline each title for sure
Please to avoid ad hominem
And never non sequitur

Use sub verba when citing Webster
Don't mix up ibid and idem
Mind the fallacies of transfer,
Post hoc, assumption, syllogism

The clock crawls on, the hour grows late
The prof, our interest to ignite
Tells us how he and his wife Kate
As students, wrote papers at night

He said the bedroom door was barred
The music soft the lights down low
As they sorted bibliography cards
Alphabetically in a row

Here I sit, this student of life,
So ignorant and clueless
Why, I've been using my bed and my wife
For entirely the wrong purpose