TIME EGO TRIP WORLD CONQUEST

A Sestina

These notes are late -- I ran out of time
Last night (I was at U2 -- Bono's ego
up on stage was certainly a trip!)
But now my favorite thing in the whole world
Starts its weekly turn: the conquest
of another strange device, and thus confusing Twain.

A kickball invite has been sent to Twain:
One hundred bucks to play; Sunday, May 6th, the time.
The money helps Camp Kesem, where kids may conquest
Cancer. A girl runs a marathon; not for ego
But to help leukemia victims 'round the world.
With our financial help, she cannot trip.

Want to drink this weekend? Then take a trip
Off-campus; alcohol will not be found in Twain.
(We have to save our admits from the big and scary world.)
In other news, it's that nigh-yearly time
When some racist bastard with an ego
Scrawls something rancid on a wall. A conquest

Cannot triumph if none are there to conquest.
Ignore him and his writ. There is a boat trip
In this dorm's future; speak with ego,
Dance with id. Be your true mind. Twain
Will be joined by others, and the time
Of leaving is a Saturday; August 28th, at 7:00. Your world

Will never be the same once you have danced on watery world.
Leland and Jane Stanford, the pair who dared the conquest
Of the West, receive their due this time
Each year. Sunday, April 22nd, at 10:30 in the morn, trip
On over to the Mausoleum, where the twain
Lie in rest. At 12:30, swallow your ego

And lunch with others in the Quad, There, ego
Et tu -- you and I -- will hear the speakers of the world.
Once you've had your fill, come back to Twain
And wait to celebrate the past conquest
Of French invaders by Mexican troops. The name may trip
Your tongue: Cinco de Mayo. Zapata needs our funds, this time.

I wasted much time filling my own ego
By writing this poem, but -- a trip of self-glory? For all the world
I would not shun that joyful conquest! See you next week, Twain!


-AndrewV is writing frightening verse