Why not be an Academic?

Why not be an Academic?

after Steve Urwin

Crudites

The caterer’s choice

Chilled

For crunchiness.

Just enough time

To snack

Before

We jangle

Champagne flutes.

A good guide for life

Split down the middle

Of class,

Lying to the gods and

The gallery.

Run a course at uni

Make each half writer whole

The bare essentials

Of arts council, nepotism

And salary.

Pearls from swine fever

We patronise the word

Be an academic

Live this shit.