On Hearing Freshmen Argue About the Existence of God

And thus it is the first year here; the one Female, Catholic, certain—St. Thomas sent To prove the fact of God by argument. Her “infinite regression” is welldone. The other though, semantic, male, and done With God, proves proof of the omnipotent Is sermon, and that what she thought she meant Is meaningless, and at best emotion. God, Anne, come here, and we will argue too, And set the Spirit at the null and void— We’ve done it once and know more than they do Of point and counterpoint—how to avoid The question—how to attack—and when through, Of what to do when both sides are destroyed.

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