The Talk of Learned Fools

Outside the classroom

Scholar One bumped into Scholar Two

Each to prove the worth of his

Challenges the other to a quiz

(Scholar1) I am certain ‘j’ is next to ‘d’

(Scholare2) Hardly! ‘z’ comes after ‘d’

You definitely can’t deny me

I read it in Alphabets Chapter Three

(Scholar2) Now, I say fish lives on land

And wriggles on the coarse sand

(Scholar1) In your sweet dreams!

Fishes fly with fins and live on trees

(Scholar1) If thee doesn’t know this,

I am sure you don’t know lions eat fish

(Scholar 2) Now, that I’ve never heard

Lions eat only nuts, just like every bird

(Scholar2) Ha! Should you I teach that dosa,

Is made by dissolving Maggi in water

(Scholar1) Certainly you are trying to fool me

I know dosa is made by mixing Maggi with oil.

What would you do?

With such learned fools?

Who learn for the sake of exams

And forget them on the morrow.

17 thoughts on “The Talk of Learned Fools”

  16. Dear Sahana, You have chosen the right words and depicted it beautifully to keep each situation in sync with the theme of the poem, kindling the interest of readers!

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