Writing in polysyllabics
the two scholars emeriti
rose higher and higher
as far up in the sky
as they might aspire
to impress each other
with all of their acumen
pertaining to the history
of the middle east
and behavior
inhuman.
And then one couldn’t
help it. He just had to share
all those e-mails back and
forth with all the rest
thinking they surely would
be much impressed,
but his action was an error;
there still is no solution as
the middle east sinks further
into terror.