Tattered Coat
Here arrayed in Kevlar tweed,
hectoring students concerning a screed
about which none of them cares a fig,
he mildly envies the thingamajig
they’ve hidden to diddle and swipe in their laps,
wishing his lecture were one of their apps.
Richard Kenney‘s newest book, Terminator, is due out next October, from Knopf.