i am in academic paralysis
over an ikea table
puzzling through a paper
that requires a man
to give his left testicle
in order to achieve
a satisfactory level
of comprehension

i get the contribution
and the gist of the approach
but if you were to ask me
to return next morning
with working code
i would humbly slip out
back to my humble abode
and drown in the bathtub
with a toaster floating by
after i write
a brief note of goodbye
to all the folks
that may follow me over the cliff
in the same hopeless endeavor