lacking in honour

symbolic violence in lecture-room

subjected to analysis till dry

but no one listening expects true doom

 

to fall upon their heads so they consume

their scraps of knowledge and launch thereby

symbolic violence in lecture-room

 

the hard coiled words give off a heady fume

while the old teacher is arcane and wry

but no one listening expects true doom

 

since every year the purple flowers bloom

although unhappy scholars may let fly

symbolic violence in lecture-room

 

no youthful head believes there can be gloom

although they're told about the cloudy sky

but no one listening expects true doom

 

each palace has been built upon a tomb

we struggle to defeat the ancient lie

symbolic violence in lecture-room

but no one listening expects true doom