the metal din <br />of keyboards <br />and the whir <br />of stale computers <br />whiz on and on <br />in the background <br />here <br />the learners <br />and the sages <br />both give sermons <br />quiet, heavy words <br />about <br />soul mates <br />coffee <br />and spiders <br />killed by drowsy heads<br /><br />Remya Sasindran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sages-and-learners/