A High School
Teacher’s Final List
List #16: (i) ersatz, (j) solecism
His ersatz scholarship was clear
In solecisms that he wrote,
But still he seemed to have no fear—
And somehow kept his life afloat.
He kept his job (an English prof!);
He kept his wife, his house, his things.
And every now and then he’d quaff
A beer—and smile—and have some flings.
And on his grave—some simple lines
That he’d prepared far in advance:
“My prose, I know, just never shines—
But did you ever see me dance!?”
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