A student rewrite of The Wasteland’s “IV. Death by Water”
Ursula the undergrad, a fortnight dead
Forgot seas of students, the “Cs get degrees” itch
And the Quercus notifs.
The Canadian cold
Stripped their skin of all colour. A precious inch
Of prestige persists in a mâché degree
Processions of parents
attend the queue
Before begrudging a post-graduate life
Consider undergrads, who were once as happy as you.
