The Old-Fashioned Egghead

To the old-fashioned egghead,

the aesthete who pays heed

to metaphysics and Mozart,

to khakis, Oxfords, and tweed.

An egghead is not an eggman,

for one climbed a wall and fell.

Humpty Dumpty cracked at once,

yet on his clothes he did not dwell.

A shaky revolt in France
did Burke long grieve about,

for the norms of society

broke under withering doubt.

But the clothing of the common,

working-class socks, tees, and jeans?

To the old-fashioned egghead,

the worst of immoralities!