Nerd Day
Today is the day, if you haven’t heard.
Time to celebrate the raise of the nerd.
One who seems goofy and out of place.
Yet has the brains to conquer space.
He may dress, look, and act oddly.
But, as for smarts, he’s not shoddy.
He can solve a Rubric’s Cube in a flash.
He will always be head of the class.
Without nerds, science wouldn’t advance.
So why are they often those who get pants’d?
Often bullied by ‘so called’ normal boys.
Girls don’t look twice at these brainiac toys.
But, the nerds grow up to become successful.
Brilliant scientists whose work is stressful.
They are responsible for saving millions.
Money and people. They prevent killing.
Killing by plagues and other things.
It is their knowledge that they bring.
So, there is a place for nerds today.
Celebrate,—– today is Nerd Day.
———————————R.W. Johnson—–(2020)