Returning to Campus

Next to Berkey Hall
Hollywood filmed a scene from Batman
with Ben Affleck

Bruce Wayne was there
ill-prepared for battle
in his tuxedo

Henry Cavill was ready
handsome in his cape
but too focused on the moment

as the future
called out for help
February 13, 2023

where real heroes
(Not Clark Kent nor Peter Parker)
took a bullet

Arielle
Brian
Alexandria

Today I returned to my Alma Mater
treated grandkids to ice cream
in the Student Union

solemnly walked the halls of Berkey
retracing steps decades old
listening for voices from the past

Professors Randall Robinson
Donald Koch
Bud Drake

the echoes of aged mentors
now silenced
replaced by voices forever young