Letters (After One's Name)

with letters after their name

and some of them achieved

a modicum of fame.

 

One uncle is a surveyor

whose designation is FRICS;

an expert on structural issues,

he assesses mortar and bricks.

 

A cousin of mine is a scientist

who prefers to work in a lab

instead of an academic career.

He's a Master of Science(Cantab).

 

Another cousin, once-removed,

with whom I have no affinity

and has become a clergyman,

is a Bachelor of Divinity.

 

My clever niece recently got

a first-class medical degree

and can describe herself,

quite correctly, as an MD.

 

As far as I am concerned,

I put my card on the table

and have to honestly admit

that I don't have any label.

 

I am just an ordinary Mister,

with no designation to affix

to my curriculum vitae

or to my vacuous suffix.

 

I am philosophical alright

but don't claim to be a DPhil.

My life is quite uneventful,

in fact, it's run of the mill.

 

A few of my friends got an OBE

but not me and yet I might,

though an impossible dream,

one day become a Knight.

 

 

 

© Luigi Pagano 2021