Professor of Propriety

It’s a spring ritual,
Ducks in the heat of passion
And college students too,
Only the students tend
To keep it indoors.
It was that time of year
And a pair of ducks
Were doing their thing
In the middle of the sidewalk
On the university campus.
There were many smiling faces
As the students gave room
To the frolicking birds
Until an old gray-haired professor
Hobbling along on his cane
Happened upon those birds
And indignantly disturbed their lovemaking
With pokes from his cane
As if they were somehow violating
Campus propriety!