I used to teach maths to those willing
They already knew weights and billing
I liked them to solve all my problems
Without making use of odd goblins
My problems were many and varied
By men I was too often harried
I tried to look plain and demented
And rarely was I ever scented
I feared I would bore myself speaking
The same age old problems repeating
So I never prepared for my classes
I made errors, correct, for the masses
I don’t know why we did complex numbers
More severe than the Ferry cross the Humber
We also did groups,rings and fields
Gambled and stuffed jellied eels
So why am I here writing poems
Or collecting gold one pound coins?
I have no idea, my reader
But I have got no faith in our leader
Be wary of viruses merry
Eat raw tomatoes and cherries
Spend all the time you have left
Discerning the warp and the weft

