June 24, 2009

Haiku of John Hodgman


starting in high school

most people must choose one path

a jock or a nerd


jocks are suspicious

of unknown complexity

makes them lose battles


the conformity

what can you see, touch, feel, punch

it's comfortable


a great way to win

but not what most adults will

ever have to do


nerds love questioning

enjoy loner estrangement

weird predilections


from the wrath of khan

to spirit photography

cosplay and steampunk


political news

like elections in iran

also on their minds


global geekism

certainly now on the rise

thanks to internet


protesters struggle

with camera phones rolling

we see it up close


they can use the web

to subvert authority

with an idea


so maybe the nerds

will prevail over the jocks

in new world order


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