Aristotle
He used to doze off with a weight
In hand. The pull of it would keep
His lunchtime nap from going deep,
Which meant that he was never late
For a hot date with Lady Wisdom,
And aced it big when Plato quizzed him.
Andrew Frisardi‘s most recent poetry collection is The Moon on Elba (Wiseblood Books, 2023). His introduction to Petrarch for A. M. Juster’s translation of the complete Canzoniere was published in April 2026 by Liveright. He lives in central Italy.