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How often do we hear them sing
Who claim to be Sophia’s devotees or Minerva’s
Or
Because they often think with smaller heads
And think that smaller heads make more wisdom
And that one eye sees better ways to thrust deep in
Of Wednesday’s eponym
That they are engaged in such devotions
And mighty in them
Mastering minutiae of little moment
And making it large in circumscribed lives
Their chorus stacking augmented fourths and minor seconds
Stumbling in half-steps taken all together
Pleasant to the Stupid God’s ears more than to any other
While they hear only themselves and seek to drown by volume
Other voices that might offer resolution