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Mark Noonan, NY City Tech

Mark Noonan reading his poem

 

O what can ail thee, exploited adjunct,

Alone and palely loitering?

You're late on your rent payment again

And no birds sing!

 

O what can ail thee, exploited adjunct,

So haggard, and so woebegone?

Your classroom is crammed to the full

And Darien peaks of uncorrected essays

remain undone.

 

I see a migraine on thy brow

With anguish moist and fever dew,

And on thy cheeks the proud glow of idealism Fast withereth too.

 

O what can ail thee, exploited adjunct,

Alone and palely loitering?

The University cares about you not a fling And no birds sing!

 

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