'and then they come to gratify our nation
with their sagacious mugs of wooly sheep'
m eminescu a ram was sent to study in the west
then baffled us when he returned a ewe
what stunning adaptation!!! well he knew
he needs no talent who with wool is blessed to rouse the many and appease the few
his ovine brethren - based in bucharést -
now sheepishly and baaah-shfully request
the noble prize for meekness he is due and meanwhile in his snug well-funded trench
the sheepfold's former son digs underneath
its whole foundation striving to unhinge; he whines about the shepherd's yellow teeth
and fills the air with literary stench
oh west do take him back - we'd like to breathe!!!